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Heavy fuel oil (market for)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is market for heavy fuel oil. The reference product is heavy fuel oil. Heavy fuel oil is a fossil fuel with a calorific value of 41.2 MJ/kg. It is used as a tar-like fuel and is sourced from petroleum refineries. Its main application is in the following sector: shipping. The reference product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary market activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation here for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.11/cutoff/dataset/8816/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameHeavy fuel oil (market for)
SectorEnergy
CategoryFuel
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Europe without Switzerland (Ecoinvent) (ECOINVENT_EUROPE_EXP_CH)
Unit Type
Weight
Year
1989
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/kg
Scopes3.3
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Replaced
  • Replaced in: 29Version log
  • Replaced by: 35e6d335-db91-4bf9-b879-df06a6ac9550

API Reference

Activity ID
fuel-type_heavy_fuel_oil_market_for_heavy_fuel_oil-fuel_use_na
UUID
e2e5f891-c1bd-4c2d-8393-0e914699f710
Code Snippet
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