Emission Factor

Operation - reefer - freezing (40-foot - high-cube - R134a as refrigerant)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is operation, reefer, freezing, 40-foot, high-cube, R134a as refrigerant. The Reference Product is operation, reefer, freezing. The operation, reefer, freezing is delivering the service of operation of a reefer that is used to store and transport 1 kg of goods for 1 day in a controlled temperature, like fruits, vegetables, flowers, meat, seafood, etc. The reefer has a lifetime of 10 years and a TEU (Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit) of 2. The service includes fuel and power consumption, maintenance, use of refrigerant (R134a, liquid carbon dioxide) and respective emissions. 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/13902/documentation

PropertyValue
NameOperation - reefer - freezing (40-foot - high-cube - R134a as refrigerant)
SectorTransport
CategoryTransport Services and Warehousing
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Unit Type
Year
2010
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/kg-day
Scopes3.4, 3.9
LCA Activity
source_specific
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
transport_services-type_operation_reefer_freezing_operation_reefer_freezing_40_foot_high_cube_r134a_as_refrigerant
UUID
9596bb8f-2e0d-47ed-9a8f-b660a7ef3c55
Code Snippet
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