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Steam - in chemical industry (steam production)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is steam production, in chemical industry. The reference product is steam, in chemical industry. Steam, in chemical industry is a gaseous fuel used for heating in the chemical industry (energy content of 2.75 MJ/kg). The reference product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation here for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.11/cutoff/dataset/9660/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameSteam - in chemical industry (steam production)
SectorEnergy
CategoryHeat and Steam
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Europe (Ecoinvent) (ECOINVENT_EUROPE)
Unit Type
Weight
Year
2010
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/kg
Scopes2, 3.3
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Replaced
  • Replaced in: 29Version log
  • Replaced by: dd472a4a-b531-4661-b6f4-0863eebe98d7

API Reference

Activity ID
heat_and_steam-type_steam_in_chemical_industry_steam_production_in_chemical_industry
UUID
a3b998c7-6640-4d01-a3bf-e98076c78e98
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