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Charcoal (charcoal production)

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Emission factor summary

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.8. Charcoal' is a non-fossil fuel with a calorific value of 28.4 MJ/kg. It is used as a solid fuel and is sourced from strongly heating wood (or other animal and plant materials). Its main applications are in the following sectors: metallurgical, automotive, industrial and district fuel . The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.

PropertyValue
NameCharcoal (charcoal production)
SectorEnergy
CategoryFuel
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.8
Region
Global (GLOBAL)
Unit Type
Weight
Year
1985
Year Released
2021
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/kg
LCA Activity
Refer to source
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR4, AR5
Data Versioning
  • Status: Replaced
  • Replaced in: 11Version log
  • Replaced by: fc70663f-c4b6-47e1-82c0-27321727353a

API Reference

Activity ID
fuel-type_charcoal_charcoal_production-fuel_use_na
UUID
6a85e4a1-d221-476a-8f5e-fce4698c9dd7_8397cd58-0950-4853-ba0e-97ad2a279edb
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