Emission Factor
Aluminium melting furnace (production)
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Emission factor summary
The activity generating the emissions is aluminium melting furnace production. The Reference Product is aluminium melting furnace. This is an immobile infrastructure, representing the construction of aluminium melting furnace. The infrastructure is based on a medium sized casting plant, with a yearly production of 10,000 tons and a life time of 50 years. Its construction includes production hall, machinery and decommission. 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/2213/documentation
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Aluminium melting furnace (production) |
| Sector | Buildings and Infrastructure |
| Category | Construction |
| Source | ecoinvent |
| Source Dataset | Cut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12 |
| Region | |
Unit Type | |
| Year | 2002 |
| Year Released | 2025 |
| Emission Factor |
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| Scopes | 3.1, 3.2 |
LCA Activity | source_specific |
Supported CO2e Calculation Method | AR5, AR6 |
| Data Versioning |
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API Reference
Activity ID
construction-type_aluminium_melting_furnace_aluminium_melting_furnace_production
UUID
416b689f-5135-49be-ab57-433e6c1146d5
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