Emission Factor

Petrol - 85% ethanol by volume from biomass (petrol production)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is petrol production, 85% ethanol by volume from biomass. The reference product is petrol, 85% ethanol by volume from biomass. Petrol, 85% ethanol by volume from biomass is a fossil fuel with a calorific value of 29.1 MJ/kg. It is used as a liquid fuel and is sourced from petroleum refineries. Its main applications are in the following sectors: automotive, railroad, aviation, agricultural and military vehicle fuel. This exchange reprensents 85 volume-% low-sulphur petroleum blended with 15 volume-% anhydrous ethanol from biomass). 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/8281/documentation.

PropertyValue
NamePetrol - 85% ethanol by volume from biomass (petrol production)
SectorEnergy
CategoryFuel
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
2004
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_petrol_85_percent_ethanol_by_volume_from_biomass_petrol_production_85_percent_ethanol_by_volume_from_biomass-fuel_use_na
UUID
3933f522-dc2c-4cd5-a970-a49742b4ad3e
Code Snippet
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