Last reviewed on 12-01-2023
Documentation of California's Greenhouse Gas Inventory
(2023 Edition - Last updated on 12-1-2023)
♦ Category: Energy
IPCC: |
1A1aii - Fuel Combustion Activities - Energy Industries - Main Activity Electricity and Heat Production - Combined Heat and Power Generation (CHP) |
Sector: |
Industrial : CHP: Industrial : Useful Thermal Output |
♦ Activity: Fuel combustion - Refinery gas
♦ Greenhouse gas: Nitrous oxide ( N2O )
► Year 2000 —
● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —
Amount: |
17.39 tonnes of N2O Emitted (5,181 tonnes 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 = 20,877,806,196 scf of Refinery gas |
Basis: |
Data |
Reference: |
Schnapp, R. (2008). Data request (data submittal) between CARB and Robert Schnapp of the Energy Information Administration. Summer 2008. |
● Parameters and Constants used in calculations —
● Greenhouse gas emitted per unit activity (derived from values listed above) —
Amount: |
8.328E-04 g of N2O per scf of Refinery gas 0.248 g of CO2eq. per scf of Refinery gas |