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Heat - from steam - in chemical industry (steam production - as energy carrier)

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The activity generating the emissions is steam production, as energy carrier, in chemical industry. The Reference Product is heat, from steam, in chemical industry. This product represents heat measured in MJ. The heat is produced with the average fuel mix used in the chemical and petrochemical industry. It is to be used for heat energy in an average chemical plant. 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/8185/documentation

PropertyValue
NameHeat - from steam - in chemical industry (steam production - as energy carrier)
SectorEnergy
CategoryHeat and Steam
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Rest-of-World (Ecoinvent) (ECOINVENT_ROW)
Unit Type
Energy
Year
2010
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/MJ
Scopes2, 3.3
LCA Activity
source_specific
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
heat_and_steam-type_heat_from_steam_in_chemical_industry_steam_production_as_energy_carrier_in_chemical_industry
UUID
3bfa6322-cb01-4083-82ec-3d3a98e48115
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