Emission Factor

Sugar beet pulp (ethanol production from sugar beet)

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Emission factor summary

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product 'sugar beet pulp' is a processed agricultural product. The multioutput-process 'sugar beet in sugar refinery' delivers the co-products 'sugar from sugar beet at sugar refinery' and 'molasses from sugar beet at sugar refinery' and 'pulps from sugar beet at sugar refinery'. Sweet juice is extracted from the sugar beets by diffusion. The juice is then purified and crystallized to sugar. Molasses come as a by-product of the crystallization process. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.

PropertyValue
NameSugar beet pulp (ethanol production from sugar beet)
SectorEnergy
CategoryFuel
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.10
Region
Unit Type
Year
2000
Year Released
2023
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
Refer to source
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Replaced
  • Replaced in: 20Version log
  • Replaced by: d522e103-52c3-4d93-ab92-5f1648c38111

API Reference

Activity ID
fuel-type_ethanol_production_from_sugar_beet-fuel_use_sugar_beet_pulp_ethanol_production_from_sugar_beet
UUID
50a396a2-a091-4991-bbc2-80a7d7df9b74
Code Snippet
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