Emission Factor

Diesel (production - petroleum refinery operation)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is diesel production, petroleum refinery operation. The reference product is diesel. Diesel is a fossil fuel with a calorific value of 42.8 MJ/kg. It is used as a liquid fuel and is sourced from fractional distillation of crude oil. Its main applications are in the following sectors: automotive, railroad, aviation, agricultural and military vehicle fuel. 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/20362/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameDiesel (production - petroleum refinery operation)
SectorEnergy
CategoryFuel
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
2014
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
fuel-type_diesel_diesel_production_petroleum_refinery_operation-fuel_use_na
UUID
359af24e-d1ba-4e7a-acaa-7d8399ea930a
Code Snippet
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