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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: Industrial : CHP: Industrial : Useful Thermal Output

♦ Activity: Fuel combustion - Tires

♦ Greenhouse gas: Carbon dioxide ( CO2 )

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► Year 2000 —

● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —

Amount: 7,021 tonnes of CO2 Emitted (7,021 tonnes CO2 Eq.)
Basis: Calculation
Calculation: [Fuel combustion] * (1 - [Proportion of renewables]) * [Heat content] * [Fuel CO2 emission]
Reference: ARB (2012). Upcoming technical support document on GHG inventory methodologies for the 2000-2010 inventory. Specific questions may be directed to ARB staff, see: http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/inventory/contacts.htm

● Activity level used in calculations —

Activity: Fuel combustion = 4,487 ton of Tires
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 = 0.086 g / btu
Reference: TBD - Place holder for Biogas CO2 emission factor which includes passthrough CO2
Parameter: Heat content = 22,750,286 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.
Parameter: Proportion of renewables = 0.2
Reference: RMA (2007). Rubber Manufacturers Association website. Scrap tires characteristics. Accessed online at: http://www.rma.org/scrap_tires/scrap_tire_markets/scrap_tire_characteristics/

● Greenhouse gas emitted per unit activity —

Amount: 1,564,674 g (i.e. 1.56 tonnes) of CO2 per ton of Tires
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