mescal.regionalization

Functions

_change_location_activity(→ str)	Changes the location of a process given a ranking of preferred locations
_regionalize_activity_foreground(→ dict)	Regionalize a foreground activity according to the user ranking of locations
change_location_mapping_file(→ None)	Changes the location of a process given a mapping file

Module Contents

mescal.regionalization._change_location_activity(self, activity: str, location: str, database: str, technosphere_or_biosphere_db: mescal.database.Database, esm_tech_name: str = None, product: str = None, categories: tuple = None, activity_type: str = 'technosphere') → str

Changes the location of a process given a ranking of preferred locations

Parameters:

• esm_tech_name (str) – name of the technology or resource in the ESM

• product (str) – name of the product in the LCI database for technosphere flows

• activity (str) – name of the activity in the LCI database

• location (str) – initial location of the process

• database (str) – name of the database in the Brightway project

• activity_type (str) – type of activity, can be ‘technosphere’ or ‘biosphere’

• categories (tuple) – name of the categories in the LCI database (for biosphere flows only)

• technosphere_or_biosphere_db (mescal.database.Database) – technosphere or biosphere LCI database, depending on activity_type

Returns:

the highest available location within the ranking, or the initial location is any of the listed locations is available

Return type:

str

mescal.regionalization._regionalize_activity_foreground(self, act: dict) → dict

Regionalize a foreground activity according to the user ranking of locations

Parameters:

act (dict) – activity to regionalize

Returns:

the regionalized activity

Return type:

dict

mescal.regionalization.change_location_mapping_file(self) → None

Changes the location of a process given a mapping file

Returns:

None

Return type:

None