Last reviewed on February 25, 2013 at 15:55
Documentation of California's Greenhouse Gas Inventory
(5th Edition - Last updated on 02/19/2013)
♦ Category: Energy
| IPCC: |
1A1b - Fuel Combustion Activities - Energy Industries - Petroleum Refining |
| Sector: |
Industrial : Petroleum Refining |
♦ Activity: Catalyst regeneration - Catalyst coke
♦ Greenhouse gas: Carbon dioxide ( CO2 )
► Year 2000 —
● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —
| Amount: |
4,727,307 tonnes of CO2 Emitted (4,727,307 tonnes CO2 Eq.) |
| Basis: |
Calculation |
| Calculation: |
[Catalyst regeneration] * [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: |
Catalyst regeneration = 2,197,670 ton of Catalyst coke |
| Basis: |
Data |
| Reference: |
Schremp, G. (2008). Personal communication (data from the Petroleum Industry Information Reporting Act [PIIRA] M-13 Survey Form) between Larry Hunsaker of the CA Air Resources Board and Gordon Schremp of the California Energy Commission. Summer 2008. |
● Parameters and Constants used in calculations —
| Parameter: |
Fuel CO2 emission = 0.0867 g / btu |
| 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 |
| Parameter: |
Heat content = 24,800,000 btu / ton |
| Reference: |
USEPA (2012). Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Regulation http://www.epa.gov/ghgreporting/ |
● Greenhouse gas emitted per unit activity —
| Amount: |
2,151,054 g (i.e. 2.15 tonnes) of CO2 per ton of Catalyst coke |
