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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: Fuel combustion - Digester gas
♦ Greenhouse gas: Nitrous oxide ( N2O )
► Year 2000 —
● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —
| Amount: |
3.540E-04 tonne of N2O Emitted (0.110 tonne CO2 Eq.) |
| Basis: |
Calculation |
| Calculation: |
[Fuel combustion] * [Heat content] * [Fuel N2O 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 = 1,404,824 scf of Digester gas |
| Basis: |
Data |
| 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 |
● Parameters and Constants used in calculations —
| Parameter: |
Fuel N2O emission = 1.001E-07 g / btu |
| Reference: |
ARB (2012). Summary of 2008, 2009 and 2010 data from California's Greenhouse Gas Mandatory Reporting Program. Reported emissions are available at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/reporting/ghg-rep/ghg-rep.htm |
| Parameter: |
Heat content = 2,517 btu / scf |
| Reference: |
ARB (2012). Summary of 2008, 2009 and 2010 data from California's Greenhouse Gas Mandatory Reporting Program. Reported emissions are available at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/reporting/ghg-rep/ghg-rep.htm |
| Constant: |
Global warming potential of N2O = 310 |
| Reference: |
IPCC (1996). Second Assessment Report. Climate Change 1995: WG I - The Science of Climate Change. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; J.T. Houghton, L.G. Meira Filho, B.A. Callander, N. Harris, A. Kattenberg, and K. Maskell (eds.); Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, U.K. |
● Greenhouse gas emitted per unit activity —
| Amount: |
2.520E-04 g of N2O per scf of Digester gas
0.0781 g of CO2eq. per scf of Digester gas |
