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Documentation of California's Greenhouse Gas Inventory (2022 Edition - Last updated on 10-26-2022)

♦ Category: Energy

IPCC: 1A3dii - Fuel Combustion Activities - Transport - Water-borne Navigation - Domestic Water-borne Navigation
Sector: Transportation : Water-borne : Intrastate : Port activities

♦ Activity: Fuel combustion - Distillate

♦ Greenhouse gas: Nitrous oxide ( N2O )

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► Year 2000 —

● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —

Amount: 0.144 tonne of N2O Emitted (42.89 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 = 1,738,264 gal of Distillate
Basis: Data
Reference: CARB (2011). Emissions Estimation Methodology for Ocean-Going Vessels. Document available online at: https://ww3.arb.ca.gov/regact/2011/ogv11/ogv11appd.pdf

● Parameters and Constants used in calculations —

Parameter: Heat content = 138,000 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
Parameter: N2O emission factor = 6.000E-07 g / btu
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 N2O = 298
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 emitted per unit activity (derived from values listed above) —

Amount: 0.0828 g of N2O per gal of Distillate
24.7 g of CO2eq. per gal of Distillate