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: Carbon dioxide ( CO2 )

► Year 2005 —

● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —

Amount: 3,283,452 tonnes of CO2 Excluded (3,283,452 tonnes CO2 Eq.)
Basis: Calculation
Calculation: [Fuel combustion] * [Heat content] * [Fuel CO2 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 = 336,774,630 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: CO2 emission factor = 0.0722 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
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

● Greenhouse gas excluded per unit activity (derived from values listed above) —

Amount: 9,750 g (i.e. 9.75 kg) of CO2 per gal of Jet fuel