@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ Activity Browser has three contribution analysis approaches available to assess
1818` Elementary Flow (EF) Contributions ` , ` Process contributions ` and ` First Tier (FT) Contributions ` .
1919
2020Before we discuss the different approaches, we introduce a small example for the production of _ 'steel'_ :
21+ These approaches are extensively discussed independent of Activity Browser by
22+ [ van der Meide et al. (2025)] ( https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/sfgj6_v1 )
23+ if you want to learn more.
2124
2225![ steel production example] ( ./assets/steel_production_example.svg )
2326
@@ -33,7 +36,8 @@ The amounts we use are:
3336<b >Note:</b > These numbers are used for ease of understanding, not for realism.
3437</sup >
3538
36- To produce 1 kg of steel, we get a climate change impact of 1.6 kg CO2 eq with the _ 'IPCC 2021'_ impact category.
39+ To produce 1 kg of steel, we get a climate change impact of 1.6 kg CO<sub >2</sub > eq. with the
40+ _ 'IPCC 2021 GWP 100'_ impact category.
3741In the way Brightway (and thus Activity Browser) calculate results, a _ contribution matrix_ is calculated with
3842all impacts _ from_ all EFs and all activities.
3943For the system and functional unit above, this would be:
@@ -46,15 +50,15 @@ For the system and functional unit above, this would be:
4650The _ contribution matrix_ show the dis-aggregated results for each individual biosphere flow for each activity.
4751
4852#### Elementary Flow (EF) contributions
49- If we take sum the _ rows_ to one row , we get the EF contributions
53+ If we take the sum the _ rows_ to one column , we get the EF contributions
5054(the contribution of all CO<sub >2</sub > and CH<sub >4</sub > impacts together).
5155
5256In the case above, the EF contributions are:
5357- CO<sub >2</sub >: 1.5404... (96.3%)
5458- CH<sub >4</sub >: 0.0596... (3.7%)
5559
5660#### Process contributions
57- If we take the sum of the _ columns_ to one column , we get the process contributions
61+ If we take the sum of the _ columns_ to one row , we get the process contributions
5862(the contribution of all coal, electricity and steel production impacts together).
5963
6064In the case above, the process contributions are:
@@ -189,9 +193,11 @@ Below is a simple example (with unrealistic values) to demonstrate this:
189193## Sankey
190194The ` Sankey ` tab shows results from [ graph traversal] ( https://docs.brightway.dev/projects/graphtools/en/latest/index.html ) .
191195Graph traversal calculates results step-by-step for _ nodes_ (activites) in the _ graph_ (supply chain/product system).
196+ This is explained in detail by
197+ [ van der Meide et al. (2025)] ( https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/sfgj6_v1 ) (path contributions).
192198
193199### Sankey configuration
194- In the ` Sankey ` tab, you can configure, you can set the
200+ In the ` Sankey ` tab, you can set the
195201Reference flow, Impact category and Scenario (only available in scenario LCA, see [ scenarios] ( #scenarios ) ) to be shown.
196202you can also set a ` cutoff ` and ` calculation depth ` setting.
197203
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