Last reviewed on 12-01-2023

Documentation of California's Greenhouse Gas Inventory (2023 Edition - Last updated on 12-1-2023)

♦ Category: Energy

IPCC: 1A2m - Fuel Combustion Activities - Manufacturing Industries and Construction - Non-specified Industry.
Sector: Industrial : Manufacturing

♦ Activity: Fuel combustion - Petroleum coke

♦ Greenhouse gas: Nitrous oxide ( N2O )

► Year 2005 —

● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —

Amount: 0.102 tonne of N2O Emitted (30.32 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 = 2,563 ton of Petroleum coke
Basis: Data
Reference: DATA NOT AVAILABLE - Value for this year was estimated assuming that it was the same as the average of values for 2011 to 2013.

● Parameters and Constants used in calculations —

Parameter: Heat content = 24,800,000 btu / ton
Reference: DATA NOT AVAILABLE - Value for this year was estimated assuming that it was the same as the average of values for 2011 to 2013.
Parameter: N2O emission factor = 1.600E-06 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: 39.7 g of N2O per ton of Petroleum coke
11,829 g (i.e. 11.83 kg) of CO2eq. per ton of Petroleum coke