Emission Factor

Palm kernel oil - crude (palm oil mill operation)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is palm oil mill operation. The reference product is palm kernel oil, crude. The product palm kernel oil, crude is produced by means of wet milling in a oil mill producing palm oil, palm kernel oil and palm kernel meal. The crude oil is used as it is to produce biodiesel.The palm fruit has a single seed, the palm kernel, protected by a wooden endocarp or shell and surrounded by a fleshy mesocarp or pulp. This fruit produces two types of oil: one extracted from the pulp (palm oil) and the other from the kernel (palm kernel oil). The reference product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation here for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.11/cutoff/dataset/1533/documentation.

PropertyValue
NamePalm kernel oil - crude (palm oil mill operation)
SectorAgriculture/Hunting/Forestry/Fishing
CategoryArable Farming
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
1995
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
arable_farming-type_palm_kernel_oil_crude_palm_oil_mill_operation
UUID
07a6c3e2-c1c1-4b34-aa4d-e4816535d013
Code Snippet
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