Emission Factor

Tetrafluoroethane - R134a (refrigerant R134a production)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is refrigerant R134a production. The reference product is tetrafluoroethane, R134a. Tetrafluoroethane, R134a is an organic substance with a CAS no. : 000811-97-2. It is called 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: C2H2F4. It is gas under normal conditions of temperature and pressure with no information available about its odor. It is modelled as a pure substance. Modelling this substance in a solution requires the user to add the solvent of their choice in their models. On a consumer level, is used in the following products: heat transfer fluids and pharmaceuticals There is no publicly available information about the consumption of this substance on industrial sites. 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/2159/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameTetrafluoroethane - R134a (refrigerant R134a production)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryChemical Products
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
1999
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/kg
Scopes3.1
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Replaced
  • Replaced in: 29Version log
  • Replaced by: 105fa9ab-20d6-4f70-86fa-4ef572a53f8b

API Reference

Activity ID
chemicals-type_tetrafluoroethane_r134a_refrigerant_r134a_production
UUID
1a4006e7-62ee-4eb7-ac09-4071dcd33a85
Code Snippet
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