Emission Factor

Catalytic converter - oxidation - 20 litre (catalytic converter production)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is catalytic converter production, oxidation, 20 litre. The Reference Product is catalytic converter, oxidation, 20 litre. This is an infrastructure, representing the product of a catalytic converter, oxidation. The infrastructure has a volumetric capacity of 20 litres. During production, the effective surfaces are coated with approximately 1.5 g (catalyst) per liter (catalysator), whereby for oxidation catalysts - assumed here - platinum/palladium with a ratio of 3:1 is used. During production, the catalyst is heated for approx. 5 hours at 300 °C in an electrically heated air stream. This requires 2 kW of electrical power per liter of catalyst volume is required. The lifespan is assumed to be 20000 operating hours. 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/7943/documentation

PropertyValue
NameCatalytic converter - oxidation - 20 litre (catalytic converter production)
SectorEquipment
CategoryMachinery
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Unit Type
Year
1987
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/number
Scopes3.1, 3.2
LCA Activity
source_specific
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
machinery-type_catalytic_converter_oxidation_20_litre_catalytic_converter_production_oxidation_20_litre
UUID
dad796f8-5c7d-4e5b-aa03-dc502b150d0c
Code Snippet
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