Emission Factor

Cooling energy (cooling energy - from natural gas - at cogen unit with absorption chiller 100kW)

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Emission factor summary

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.8. Cooling energy' describes a single stage absorption chiller operated with heat from a natural gas, 1.67 MJ heat from natural gas are turned into 1 MJ of cooling energy. It includes heat and water loss. The module also includes heat input from a 160kWel cogeneration unit, electricity and water needed for operation and infrastructure. The supply temperature of the chilled water is 6°C. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.

PropertyValue
NameCooling energy (cooling energy - from natural gas - at cogen unit with absorption chiller 100kW)
SectorEnergy
CategoryHeat and Steam
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.8
Region
Unit Type
Year
2000
Year Released
2021
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/MJ
Scopes2, 3.3
LCA Activity
Refer to source
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR4, AR5
Data Versioning
  • Status: Replaced
  • Replaced in: 11Version log
  • Replaced by: 26edcb3d-a7c0-47ff-8441-0e61f9e710eb

API Reference

Activity ID
heat_and_steam-type_cooling_energy_cooling_energy_from_natural_gas_at_cogen_unit_with_absorption_chiller_100kw
UUID
7a215517-a6af-440f-a4a5-f172a1b53482_9c5b9099-11e9-4a60-af91-c0346cdf9395
Code Snippet
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