Emission Factor
Diesel (diesel production - petroleum refinery operation)
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Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product diesel' is a fossil fuel with a calorific value of 42.8 MJ/kg. It is used as a liquid fuel and is sourced from fractional distillation of crude oil. Its main applications are in the following sectors: automotive railroad aviation agricultural and military vehicle fuel. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.
| Property | Value | 
|---|---|
| Name | Diesel (diesel production - petroleum refinery operation) | 
| Sector | Energy | 
| Category | Fuel | 
| Source | ecoinvent | 
| Source Dataset | Cut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.10 | 
| Region | |
Unit Type  | |
| Year | 2014  | 
| Year Released | 2023  | 
| Emission Factor | 
  | 
| Scopes | 3.3 | 
LCA Activity  | unknown  | 
Supported CO2e Calculation Method  | AR5, AR6 | 
| Data Versioning | 
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API Reference
Activity ID
fuel-type_diesel_diesel_production_petroleum_refinery_operation-fuel_use_na
UUID
f4198be1-755c-444c-8ed8-57d71b0ff37a
Code Snippet
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