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Wood preservation - pressure vessel - creosote - outdoor use - ground contact

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The activity generating the emissions is wood preservation, pressure vessel, creosote, outdoor use, ground contact. The Reference Product is wood preservation, pressure vessel, creosote, outdoor use, ground contact. This is delivering the service of wood preservation with pressure vessel method. The service represents the treatment of wood with 1 kg of creosote, for outdoor use with ground contact. The process includes inputs of creosote, electricity and heat consumption, infrastructure and emissions. The input of wood is excluded and should be added manually. According to DIN 68811:2007 Ber 1:2007-04, the following creosote input can be assumed (for railway sleepers/cross ties): beech: 130 +/- 20 kg/m3; oak: 35 +/- 15 kg/m3; pine: 65 +/- 15 kg/m3. For example, for treatment of 1 m3 of beech, roughly 130 kg of this dataset is required. 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/11191/documentation

PropertyValue
NameWood preservation - pressure vessel - creosote - outdoor use - ground contact
SectorAgriculture/Hunting/Forestry/Fishing
CategoryTimber and Forestry Products
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Unit Type
Year
2008
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/kg
Scopes3.1
LCA Activity
source_specific
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
timber_forestry-type_wood_preservation_pressure_vessel_creosote_outdoor_use_ground_contact_wood_preservation_pressure_vessel_creosote_outdoor_use_ground_contact
UUID
a38274c5-884b-4c8f-8953-4c52a0c95a98
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