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Documentation of California's Greenhouse Gas Inventory
(First Edition - Last updated on 11/19/2007)
♦ Category: Industrial Processes and Product Use
IPCC: |
2A2 - Mineral Industry - Lime Production |
Sector: |
Industrial : Manufacturing : Stone, Clay, Glass & Cement : Lime |
♦ Activity: Lime production -
♦ Greenhouse gas: Carbon dioxide ( CO2 )
► Year 1990 —
● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —
Amount: |
233,502 tonnes of CO2 Emitted (233,502 tonnes CO2 Eq.) |
Basis: |
Calculation |
Calculation: |
[Lime Production] * [Proportion of CaO in lime] * [Molecular weight ratio of CO2 to CaO] |
Reference: |
USEPA (2004). Emission Inventory Improvement Program. Technical Report Series, Volume 8: Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Chapter 6: Industrial Processes. US Environmental Protection Agency. Washington DC. http://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/eiip/techreport/volume08/index.html |
● Activity level used in calculations —
Activity: |
Lime production = 313,191,000,000 g (i.e. 313.19 thousand tonnes) |
Basis: |
data |
Reference: |
Kohler, S (2001). Personal communication between CA. Energy Commission staff and Susan Kholer, Division of Mines and Geology, CA. Department of Conservation, Sacramento, CA. |
● Parameters and Constants used in calculations —
Parameter: |
Proportion of CaO in lime = 0.95 |
Reference: |
USEPA (2004). Emission Inventory Improvement Program. Technical Report Series, Volume 8: Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Chapter 6: Industrial Processes. US Environmental Protection Agency. Washington DC. http://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/eiip/techreport/volume08/index.html |
Constant: |
Molecular weight ratio of CO2 to CaO = 0.784799224 |
Reference: |
IUPAC (2006). ATOMIC WEIGHTS OF THE ELEMENTS 2005 (IUPAC TECHNICAL REPORT). Pure Appl. Chem., Vol. 78, No. 11, pp. 2051–2066, 2006. |
● Greenhouse gas emitted per unit activity —
Amount: |
0.746 g of CO2 per g |