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: |
2D1 - Non-Energy Products from Fuels and Solvent Use - Lubricant Use |
| Sector: |
Industrial : Not Specified |
♦ Activity: Fuel consumption - Lubricants
♦ Greenhouse gas: Carbon dioxide ( CO2 )
► Year 1990 —
● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —
| Amount: |
484,312 tonnes of CO2 Emitted (484,312 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 = 90,426,000 gal of Lubricants |
| 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 = 0.0742 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 = 144,405 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 = 0.5 |
| 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: |
5,356 g (i.e. 5.36 kg) of CO2 per gal of Lubricants |