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Documentation of California's Greenhouse Gas Inventory (5th Edition - Last updated on 02/19/2013)

♦ Category: Energy

IPCC: 1A1aii - Fuel Combustion Activities - Energy Industries - Main Activity Electricity and Heat Production - Combined Heat and Power Generation (CHP)
Sector: Electricity Generation (In State) : CHP: Industrial

♦ Activity: Fuel combustion - Petroleum coke

♦ Greenhouse gas: Carbon dioxide ( CO2 )

► Year 2000 —

● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —

Amount: 1,390,968 tonnes of CO2 Emitted (1,390,968 tonnes CO2 Eq.)
Basis: Calculation
Calculation: [Fuel combustion] * [Heat content] * [Fuel CO2 emission]
Reference: IPCC (2006). 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, Prepared by the National Greenhouse Gas Inventories Programme, Eggleston H.S., Buendia L., Miwa K., Ngara T., and Tanabe K. (eds). Volume 2, Chapter 2: Stationary Combustion. Published: IGES, Japan. http://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2006gl/pdf/2_Volume2/V2_2_Ch2_Stationary_Combustion.pdf

● Activity level used in calculations —

Activity: Fuel combustion = 688,690 ton of Petroleum coke
Basis: Data
Reference: Schnapp, R. (2008). Personal communication (data submittal) between Larry Hunsaker of CA Air Resources Board and Robert Schnapp of the Energy Information Administration. Summer 2008.

● Parameters and Constants used in calculations —

Parameter: Fuel CO2 emission = 0.102 g / btu
Reference: TBD - Place holder for Biogas CO2 emission factor which includes passthrough CO2
Parameter: Heat content = 19,722,004 btu / ton
Reference: Schnapp, R. (2008). Personal communication (data submittal) between Larry Hunsaker of CA Air Resources Board and Robert Schnapp of the Energy Information Administration. Summer 2008.

● Greenhouse gas emitted per unit activity —

Amount: 2,019,730 g (i.e. 2.02 tonnes) of CO2 per ton of Petroleum coke
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