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Biogas (treatment of used vegetable cooking oil by anaerobic digestion)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is treatment of used vegetable cooking oil by anaerobic digestion. The Reference Product is biogas. Biogas is a non-fossil fuel with a net calorific value of 22.73 MJ/m3. It is used as a gaseous fuel and is sourced from anaerobic digestion of manure. Its main applications are in the following sectors: industrial and district power source. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/15634/documentation

PropertyValue
NameBiogas (treatment of used vegetable cooking oil by anaerobic digestion)
SectorWaste
CategoryWaste Management
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Rest-of-World (Ecoinvent) (ECOINVENT_ROW)
Unit Type
Volume
Year
2009
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/m3
Scopes3.5, 3.12
LCA Activity
source_specific
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
waste_management-type_biogas_treatment_of_used_vegetable_cooking_oil_by_anaerobic_digestion-disposal_method_anaerobic_digestion
UUID
816d2e00-7ade-454a-a36d-275b0609987b
Code Snippet
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