Last reviewed on 12-01-2023
Documentation of California's Greenhouse Gas Inventory
(2023 Edition - Last updated on 12-1-2023)
♦ Category: Energy
IPCC: |
1A5bi - Fuel Combustion Activities - Non-Specified - Mobile - Mobile (Aviation Component) |
Sector: |
Military : Not Specified |
♦ Activity: Fuel combustion - Jet fuel
♦ Greenhouse gas: Methane ( CH4 )
► Year 2013 —
● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —
Amount: |
15.80 tonnes of CH4 Excluded (394.90 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 = 220,766,831 gal of Jet fuel |
Basis: |
Compilation |
Reference: |
Gordon Schremp (2016). Data request between CARB and Gordon Schremp, California Energy Commission, regarding Military Jet Fuel JP-5 and JP-8. January 2016. |
● Parameters and Constants used in calculations —
Parameter: |
CH4 emission factor = 5.300E-07 g / btu |
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 3: Mobile Combustion. Published: IGES, Japan. http://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2006gl/pdf/2_Volume2/V2_3_Ch3_Mobile_Combustion.pdf |
Parameter: |
Heat content = 135,000 btu / gal |
Reference: |
CARB Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Regulation. Subpart C of 40 CFR Part 98 (§§98.30 to 98.38). Available online at: https://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/reporting/ghg-rep/regulation/subpart_c_rule_part98.pdf |
Constant: |
Global warming potential of CH4 = 25 |
Reference: |
IPCC (2007). Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Solomon S., Qin D., Manning M., Chen Z., Marquis M., Averyt K.B., Tignor M., and Miller H.L. (eds.). http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/publications_ipcc_fourth_assessment_report_synthesis_report.htm |
● Greenhouse gas excluded per unit activity (derived from values listed above) —
Amount: |
0.0716 g of CH4 per gal of Jet fuel 1.79 g of CO2eq. per gal of Jet fuel |