Last reviewed on 12-01-2023
Documentation of California's Greenhouse Gas Inventory
(2023 Edition - Last updated on 12-1-2023)
♦ Category: Energy
IPCC: |
1A1b - Fuel Combustion Activities - Energy Industries - Petroleum Refining |
Sector: |
Industrial : Petroleum Refining and Hydrogen Production |
♦ Activity: Fuel combustion - LPG
♦ Greenhouse gas: Methane ( CH4 )
► Year 2002 —
● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —
Amount: |
13.11 tonnes of CH4 Emitted (327.64 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 = 47,484,276 gal of LPG |
Basis: |
Data |
Reference: |
Schremp, G. (2008). Data request (data from the Petroleum Industry Information Reporting Act [PIIRA] M-13 Survey Form) between CARB and Gordon Schremp of the California Energy Commission. Summer 2008. |
● Parameters and Constants used in calculations —
● Greenhouse gas emitted per unit activity (derived from values listed above) —
Amount: |
0.276 g of CH4 per gal of LPG 6.9 g of CO2eq. per gal of LPG |