Last reviewed on February 25, 2013 at 15:57
Documentation of California's Greenhouse Gas Inventory
(5th Edition - Last updated on 02/19/2013)
♦ Category: Energy
| IPCC: |
1A3aii - Fuel Combustion Activities - Transport - Civil Aviation - Domestic Aviation |
| Sector: |
Transportation : Aviation : Domestic Air transport |
♦ Activity: Fuel combustion - Aviation gasoline
♦ Greenhouse gas: Methane ( CH4 )
► Year 2000 —
● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —
| Amount: |
203.14 tonnes of CH4 Emitted (4,266 tonnes CO2 Eq.) |
| Basis: |
Calculation |
| Calculation: |
[Fuel combustion] * [Heat content] * [Fuel CH4 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 = 28,214,500 gal of Aviation gasoline |
| Basis: |
Data |
| Reference: |
EIA (2011). Energy Information Administration. Petroleum Navigator. Topics for Petroleum Consumption/Sales. Accessed online at: http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/pet_cons_top.asp |
● Parameters and Constants used in calculations —
| Parameter: |
Fuel CH4 emission = 6.000E-05 g / btu |
| Reference: |
USEPA (2012). Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2010. United States Environmental Protection Agency. EPA 430-R-12-001. Annex 3.2. Methodology for Estimating Emissions of CH4, N2O, and Indirect Greenhouse Gases from Mobile Combustion. April 15, 2012. Washington DC. http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/usinventoryreport.html |
| Parameter: |
Heat content = 120,000 btu / gal |
| Reference: |
USEPA (2012). Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Regulation http://www.epa.gov/ghgreporting/ |
| Constant: |
Global warming potential of CH4 = 21 |
| 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: |
7.2 g of CH4 per gal of Aviation gasoline
151 g of CO2eq. per gal of Aviation gasoline |
