Last reviewed on 12-01-2023
Documentation of California's Greenhouse Gas Inventory
(2023 Edition - Last updated on 12-1-2023)
♦ Category: Industrial Processes and Product Use
IPCC: |
2D1 - Non-Energy Products from Fuels and Solvent Use - Lubricant Use |
Sector: |
Industrial : Not Specified |
♦ Activity: Fuel consumption - Lubricants
♦ Greenhouse gas: Carbon dioxide ( CO2 )
► Year 2020 —
● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —
Amount: |
662,881 tonnes of CO2 Emitted (662,881 tonnes CO2 Eq.) |
Basis: |
Calculation |
Calculation: |
[Fuel consumption] * [Heat content] * (1 - [Proportion of carbon stored]) * [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 —
● Parameters and Constants used in calculations —
● Greenhouse gas emitted per unit activity (derived from values listed above) —
Amount: |
9,732 g (i.e. 9.73 kg) of CO2 per gal of Lubricants |