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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: |
2A1 - Mineral Industry - Cement Production |
| Sector: |
Industrial : Manufacturing : Stone, Clay, Glass & Cement : Cement |
♦ Activity: Clinker production -
♦ Greenhouse gas: Carbon dioxide ( CO2 )
► Year 1990 —
● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —
| Amount: |
4,618,692 tonnes of CO2 Emitted (4,618,692 tonnes CO2 Eq.) |
| Basis: |
Calculation |
| Calculation: |
([Clinker Production] * [Clinker CO2 Emission Factor]) + (([Cement kiln dust leaving the kiln system] + [Bypass dust leaving the kiln]) * [Kiln dust CO2 emission factor]) |
| Reference: |
IPCC (2006). 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, Prepared by the National Greenhouse Gas Inventories Programme, Eggleston H.S., Buendia L., Miwa K., Ngara T., and Tanabe K. (eds). Vol.3, Chap. 2. Published: IGES, Japan. http://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2006gl/pdf/3_Volume3/V3_2_Ch2_Mineral_Industry.pdf |
● Activity level used in calculations —
| Activity: |
Clinker production = 8,969,000,000,000 g (i.e. 8.97 million tonnes) |
| Basis: |
Data |
| Reference: |
O'Hare, A. T. (2007). Personal communication between CA Air Resources Board Staff and Andrew T. O'Hare of the Portland Cement Association, Washington, DC. http://www.cement.org/ |
● Parameters and Constants used in calculations —
| Parameter: |
Bypass dust leaving the kiln = 11,570,000,000 g (i.e. 11.57 thousand tonnes) |
| Reference: |
O'Hare, A. T. (2007). Personal communication between CA Air Resources Board Staff and Andrew T. O'Hare of the Portland Cement Association, Washington, DC. http://www.cement.org/ |
| Parameter: |
Cement kiln dust leaving the kiln system = 226,570,000,000 g (i.e. 226.57 thousand tonnes) |
| Reference: |
O'Hare, A. T. (2007). Personal communication between CA Air Resources Board Staff and Andrew T. O'Hare of the Portland Cement Association, Washington, DC. http://www.cement.org/ |
| Parameter: |
Clinker CO2 emission factor = 0.51 g / g |
| Reference: |
IPCC (2006). 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, Prepared by the National Greenhouse Gas Inventories Programme, Eggleston H.S., Buendia L., Miwa K., Ngara T., and Tanabe K. (eds). Vol.3, Chap. 2. Published: IGES, Japan. http://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2006gl/pdf/3_Volume3/V3_2_Ch2_Mineral_Industry.pdf |
| Parameter: |
Kiln dust CO2 emission factor = 0.187 g / g |
| Reference: |
IPCC (2006). 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, Prepared by the National Greenhouse Gas Inventories Programme, Eggleston H.S., Buendia L., Miwa K., Ngara T., and Tanabe K. (eds). Vol.3, Chap. 2. Published: IGES, Japan. http://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2006gl/pdf/3_Volume3/V3_2_Ch2_Mineral_Industry.pdf |
● Greenhouse gas emitted per unit activity —
| Amount: |
0.515 g of CO2 per g |