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Table 26
Plantation
Inventory data: transport from plantation to collection centre
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D 6.4 A 54.9 A 22 C 15 E 9.6 B 17.3
ecuador’s banana sector under climate change: an economic and biophysical assessment to promote a sustainable and climate-compatible strategy
Collection Distance centre (km)
Real loaded cargo (tonne)
2.90 27.08 7.74 9.67 83.16 88.96 5.80 3.87 9.28 9.67 9.28 46.42 3.87 29.98 50.28
Table 27 Sources used for the calculation of energy use at the collection centre
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B 19.4 (Europe) A 19.5 A 11.3 A 18 (Europe) C 8 A 11.9 A 31.1
Average load* (tonne)
3,27 (truck 7,5-16t) 11,68 (truck >32t) 11,68 (truck >32t) 11,68 (truck >32t) 11,68 (truck >32t) 11,68 (truck >32t) 5,76 (truck 16-32t) 3,27 (truck 7,5-16t) 11,68 (truck >32t) 11,68 (truck k>32t) 11,68 (truck >32t) 11,68 (truck >32t) 3,27 (truck 7,5-16t) 11,68 (truck >32t) 11,68 (truck >32t)
Ecuadorian port
Guayaquil Puerto Bolívar Puerto Bolívar Guayaquil Puerto Bolívar Puerto Bolívar Puerto Bolívar Puerto Bolívar Guayaquil Guayaquil Puerto Bolívar Puerto Bolívar Guayaquil Guayaquil Guayaquil
(Asia) F 36.5
Source: Data from questionnaires, Google Maps and EcoInvent database (Spielmann et al., 2007).
Kilowatt hour (KWh)/area unit 341
6,102 13,933
kWh/m2/a kWh/ft2/a
kWh/ tonnes banana
Consumption (kWh/tonnes banana)
3.40 kWh/tonnes banana
6.56 kWh/tonnes banana
13.93 kWh/tonnes ba- nana
Commentary
Value selected for this study
Includes banana washing and conveyor belt use
Sources: 1 Chadderton (1991); 2 Business Energy Advisor (2013); 3 Luske (2010)
c) Transport from collection centre to port of departure
Once the fruit is palletized, it is transported to the port for export. Interviews indicate that two different types of transport are used for this activity (Table 29). These are non-refrigerated trucks with a maximum capacity of >32 tonnes and refrigerated containers (TEU38) trucks.
38 TEU = 20-foot unit. The container has the following standard dimensions: 6.1 m (length) x 2.4 m (width) x 2.6 m (height) and 38.5 m3 volume and stores up to 10 pallets (48 boxes each), totalling 8.71 tonnes of bananas.
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