Emission Factor

Gas motor - mini CHP plant (gas motor production)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is gas motor production, mini CHP plant. The Reference Product is gas motor, mini CHP plant. This is an infrastructure, representing the construction of a gas motor used in a mini combined heat and power (CHP) plant. The motor is a water-cooled single-cylinder 4-stroke piston-gas internal combustion engine that weighs 30 kg. Its lifetime for operation is assumed to be 40,000 h.The process includes all materials necessary to construct it and energy and water consumption during manufacturing. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/7357/documentation

PropertyValue
NameGas motor - mini CHP plant (gas motor production)
SectorEquipment
CategoryMachinery
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Unit Type
Year
1997
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/number
Scopes3.1, 3.2
LCA Activity
source_specific
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
machinery-type_gas_motor_mini_chp_plant_gas_motor_production_mini_chp_plant
UUID
29866470-2e5b-4d0c-89fd-4474a82dc14b
Code Snippet
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