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: |
1A1b - Fuel Combustion Activities - Energy Industries - Petroleum Refining |
Sector: |
Industrial : Petroleum Refining |
♦ Activity: Fuel combustion - Catalyst coke
♦ Greenhouse gas: Carbon dioxide ( CO2 )
► Year 1990 —
● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —
Amount: |
5,146,732 tonnes of CO2 Emitted (5,146,732 tonnes CO2 Eq.) |
Basis: |
Calculation |
Calculation: |
[Fuel combustion] * [Heat content] * [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 combustion = 1,970,049 ton of Catalyst coke |
Basis: |
Data |
Reference: |
Schremp, G. (2007). Personal communication (data from the Petroleum Industry Information Reporting Act [PIIRA] M-13 Survey Form) between Larry Hunsaker of the CA Air Resources Board and Gordon Schremp of the California Energy Commission. Summer 2007. |
● Parameters and Constants used in calculations —
● Greenhouse gas emitted per unit activity —
Amount: |
2,612,490 g (i.e. 2.61 tonnes) of CO2 per ton of Catalyst coke |