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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: Industrial : CHP: Industrial : Useful Thermal Output

♦ Activity: Fuel combustion - Tires

♦ Greenhouse gas: Carbon dioxide from biogenic sources ( CO2 )

► Year 1990 —

● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —

Amount: 6,443 tonnes of CO2 From biogenic materials (6,443 tonnes CO2 Eq.)
Basis: Calculation
Calculation: [Fuel combustion] * [Proportion of renewables] * [Heat content] * [Fuel CO2 emission]
Reference: ARB (2009). Technical Support Document for California’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory and 1990 Emissions Level. California Air Resources Board. (March 2009). Available online at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/inventory/doc/methods_v1/ghg_inventory_technical_support_document.pdf

● Activity level used in calculations —

Activity: Fuel combustion = 14,249 ton of Tires
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 CO2 emission = 0.085 g / btu
Reference: USEPA (2007). Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2005. United States Environmental Protection Agency. EPA 430-R-07-002. Annex 2.1 (Tables A-31, A-32, A-35, and A-36). April 15, 2007. Washington DC. http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/usgginv_archive.html
Parameter: Heat content = 26,600,000 btu / ton
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.
Parameter: Proportion of renewables = 0.2
Reference: RMA (2007). Rubber Manufacturers Association website. Scrap tires characteristics. Accessed online at: http://www.rma.org/scrap_tires/scrap_tire_markets/scrap_tire_characteristics/

● Greenhouse gas from biogenic materials per unit activity —

Amount: 452,200 g (i.e. 452.2 kg) of CO2 per ton of Tires