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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 - Process gas

♦ Greenhouse gas: Carbon dioxide ( CO2 )

► Year 2000 —

● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —

Amount: 334,894 tonnes of CO2 Emitted (334,894 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 = 35,709,079,774 scf of Process 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 CO2 emission = 0.0177 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 = 529 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

● Greenhouse gas emitted per unit activity —

Amount: 9.38 g of CO2 per scf of Process gas
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