Last reviewed on November 2, 2011 at 09:14
Documentation of California's Greenhouse Gas Inventory
(First Edition - Last updated on 11/19/2007)
♦ Category: Industrial Processes and Product Use
IPCC: |
2B - Chemical Industry |
Sector: |
Industrial : Manufacturing : Chemicals & Allied Products |
♦ Activity: Fuel consumption - Petroleum feedstocks
♦ Greenhouse gas: Carbon dioxide ( CO2 )
► Year 1990 —
● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —
Amount: |
893,716 tonnes of CO2 Emitted (893,716 tonnes CO2 Eq.) |
Basis: |
Calculation |
Calculation: |
[Fuel consumption] * [Heat content] * (1 - [Proportion of carbon stored]) * [Fuel CO2 emission] |
Reference: |
Murtishaw, S., De La Rue du Can, S,. Price, L., Masanet, E., and Simcich, M. (2005). CALEB: California Energy Balance Database, September 12, 2005. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA. |
● Activity level used in calculations —
Activity: |
Fuel consumption = 196,091,716 gal of Petroleum feedstocks |
Basis: |
Data |
Reference: |
Murtishaw, S., De La Rue du Can, S,. Price, L., Masanet, E., and Simcich, M. (2005). CALEB: California Energy Balance Database, September 12, 2005. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA. |
● Parameters and Constants used in calculations —
Parameter: |
Fuel CO2 emission = 0.0709 g / btu |
Reference: |
Murtishaw, S., De La Rue du Can, S,. Price, L., Masanet, E., and Simcich, M. (2005). CALEB: California Energy Balance Database, September 12, 2005. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA. |
Parameter: |
Heat content = 138,690 btu / gal |
Reference: |
Murtishaw, S., De La Rue du Can, S,. Price, L., Masanet, E., and Simcich, M. (2005). CALEB: California Energy Balance Database, September 12, 2005. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA. |
Parameter: |
Proportion of carbon stored = 0.536 |
Reference: |
Murtishaw, S., De La Rue du Can, S,. Price, L., Masanet, E., and Simcich, M. (2005). CALEB: California Energy Balance Database, September 12, 2005. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA. |
● Greenhouse gas emitted per unit activity —
Amount: |
4,558 g (i.e. 4.56 kg) of CO2 per gal of Petroleum feedstocks |