Emission Factor

Extrusion - plastic pipes (extrusion - plastic pipes)

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Emission factor summary

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. This is delivering the service of 'extrusion plastic pipes'. Extrusion is the term used to describe the continuous manufacture of a semifinished plastic product (film sheet pipe profile). An extrusion line consists of the following: 1. Extruder 2. Mold or die 3. Calibration and cooling 4. Takeoff 5. Finishing In the service of extrusion 0.976 kg of extruded plastic film corresponds to 1 kg of this process. The converted amount of plastics is not included into the dataset. This service should be used along with 1 kg of thermoplastic material (e.g. polyethylene (PE) polypropylene acetal acrylic nylon polystyrene polyvinyl chloride (PVC) acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) and polycarbonate). The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.

PropertyValue
NameExtrusion - plastic pipes (extrusion - plastic pipes)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryChemical Products
Sourceecoinvent
Region
Unit Type
Year
1993
Year Released
2023
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
chemicals-type_extrusion_plastic_pipes_extrusion_plastic_pipes
UUID
34e1140d-cfd6-4f99-ad84-3d9da7321e9a
Code Snippet
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