Emission Factor

Diesel - burned in diesel-electric generating set - 18.5kW (market for)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is market for diesel, burned in diesel-electric generating set, 18.5kW. The reference product is diesel, burned in diesel-electric generating set, 18.5kW. Diesel, burned in diesel-electric generating set, 18.5kW describes the use of a fossil fuel. It is used as a liquid fuel and is sourced from distillation of heavy oil. This exchange provides the service of burning 1 MJ of diesel in a diesel electric generating set. The services also includes (air) emissions, the production and provision of fuel and infrastructure. 1 MJ equals 0.0234 kg of diesel (LHV of diesel ca 42.8 MJ/kg). The reference product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary market activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation here for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.11/cutoff/dataset/12903/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameDiesel - burned in diesel-electric generating set - 18.5kW (market for)
SectorEnergy
CategoryFuel
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
2010
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/MJ
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
fuel-type_diesel-fuel_use_burned_in_diesel_electric_generating_set_18.5kw_market_for_diesel_burned_in_diesel_electric_generating_set_18.5kw
UUID
5b04ea98-ad1b-4e8e-834b-05653a5c939d
Code Snippet
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