Documentation of California's Greenhouse Gas Inventory (2023 Edition - Last updated on 12-1-2023)
IPCC: | 4D2 - Wastewater Treatment and Discharge - Industrial Wastewater Treatment and Discharge |
Sector: | Industrial : Wastewater Treatment : Industrial Wastewater |
Amount: | 2,766 tonnes of CH4 Emitted (69,150 tonnes CO2 Eq.) |
Basis: | Calculation |
Calculation: | [Wastewater Flow] * [Chemical oxygen demand (COD)] * [Maximum methane production capacity] * [Methane correction factor for anaerobic systems] |
Reference: | USEPA (2015). Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2013. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Chapter 7: Waste. http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/usinventoryreport.html |
Activity: | Wastewater flow = 81,955,738 m3 / year of Petroleum Refining |
Basis: | Compilation |
Reference: | CARB (2015). California's 2000-2014 Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventory Methodology Update Document available at: https://ww3.arb.ca.gov/cc/inventory/pubs/reports/2000_2014/ghg_inventory_00-14_technical_support_document.pdf |
Parameter: | Chemical oxygen demand (COD) = 450 g / m3 |
Reference: | USEPA (2015). Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2013. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Chapter 7: Waste. http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/usinventoryreport.html |
Parameter: | Maximum methane production capacity = 0.25 g / g |
Reference: | USEPA (2015). Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2013. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Chapter 7: Waste. http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/usinventoryreport.html |
Parameter: | Methane correction factor for anaerobic systems = 0.3 |
Reference: | USEPA (2015). Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2013. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Chapter 7: Waste. http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/usinventoryreport.html |
Constant: | Global warming potential of CH4 = 25 |
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 |
Amount: | 33.8 g of CH4 per m3 / year of Petroleum Refining 844 g of CO2eq. per m3 / year of Petroleum Refining |