Last reviewed on November 2, 2011 at 10:04
Documentation of California's Greenhouse Gas Inventory
(First Edition - Last updated on 11/19/2007)
♦ Category: Energy
IPCC: |
1A1aii - Fuel Combustion Activities - Energy Industries - Main Activity Electricity and Heat Production - Combined Heat and Power Generation (CHP) |
Sector: |
Electricity Generation (In State) : CHP: Industrial |
♦ Activity: Fuel combustion - Landfill gas
♦ Greenhouse gas: Nitrous oxide ( N2O )
► Year 1990 —
● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —
Amount: |
0 tonne of N2O Emitted (0 tonne CO2 Eq.) |
Basis: |
Calculation |
Calculation: |
[Fuel combustion] * [Heat content] * [Fuel N2O emission] |
Reference: |
IPCC (1997). Revised 1996 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (Revised Guidelines). Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Published: IGES, Japan. http://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/gl/invs1.htm |
● Activity level used in calculations —
Activity: |
Fuel combustion = 0 scf of Landfill gas |
Basis: |
Data |
Reference: |
Schnapp, R. (2007) Personal communication (data submittal) between Larry Hunsaker of CA Air Resources Board and Robert Schnapp of the Energy Information Administration. Summer 2007. |
● Parameters and Constants used in calculations —
Parameter: |
Fuel N2O emission = 1.000E-07 g / btu |
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: Energy. http://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2006gl/pdf/2_Volume2/V2_2_Ch2_Stationary_Combustion.pdf |
Parameter: |
Heat content = 417 btu / scf |
Reference: |
Schnapp, R. (2007) Personal communication (data submittal) between Larry Hunsaker of CA Air Resources Board and Robert Schnapp of the Energy Information Administration. Summer 2007. |
Constant: |
Global warming potential of N2O = 310 |
Reference: |
IPCC (1996). Second Assessment Report. Climate Change 1995: WG I - The Science of Climate Change. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; J.T. Houghton, L.G. Meira Filho, B.A. Callander, N. Harris, A. Kattenberg, and K. Maskell (eds.); Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, U.K. |
● Greenhouse gas emitted per unit activity —