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: |
1A3c - Fuel Combustion Activities - Transport - Railways |
| Sector: |
Transportation : Rail |
♦ Activity: Fuel combustion - Distillate
♦ Greenhouse gas: Carbon dioxide ( CO2 )
► Year 2000 —
● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —
| Amount: |
1,869,786 tonnes of CO2 Emitted (1,869,786 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 = 183,196,000 gal of Distillate |
| 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 —
● Greenhouse gas emitted per unit activity —
| Amount: |
10,206 g (i.e. 10.21 kg) of CO2 per gal of Distillate |
