Emission Factor

Fatty acid methyl ester (esterification of rape oil)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is esterification of rape oil. The reference product is fatty acid methyl ester. "fatty acid methyl ester" (FAME) is an organic substance. It is produced from transesterification of vegetable oils. In the database, it is produced from the esterification of palm oil, soybean oil and rape oil (or other sources of oils, users are prompted to inspect the respective regional supply chains of this product). It can be used in the following applications: as detergent and as biodiesel. 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/1456/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameFatty acid methyl ester (esterification of rape oil)
SectorEnergy
CategoryFuel
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
1996
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_fatty_acid_methyl_ester_esterification_of_rape_oil-fuel_use_na
UUID
58c2cbb5-8f70-4c5f-92d2-4d715b1fac15
Code Snippet
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