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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: |
2B2 - Chemical Industry - Nitric Acid Production |
Sector: |
Industrial : Manufacturing : Chemicals & Allied Products : Nitric Acid |
♦ Activity: Nitric acid production -
♦ Greenhouse gas: Nitrous oxide ( N2O )
► Year 1990 —
● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —
Amount: |
1,725 tonnes of N2O Emitted (534,653 tonnes CO2 Eq.) |
Basis: |
Calculation |
Calculation: |
[Nitric acid production] * [N2O emission factor] |
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 —
● Parameters and Constants used in calculations —
Parameter: |
California nitric acid production capacity = 330,000 tonne |
Reference: |
CEC (2002). Inventory of California Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-1999. Publication #600-02-001F. November 2002. California Energy Commission, Sacramento. http://www.energy.ca.gov/reports/600-02-001F/2002-09-14_600-02-001F.PDF |
Parameter: |
N2O emission factor = 8.000E-03 g / g |
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 |
Parameter: |
US nitric acid production = 7,196,000,000,000 g (i.e. 7.2 million tonnes) |
Reference: |
USEPA (2006). Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2004. United States Environmental Protection Agency. EPA 430-R-06-002. Table 4-58: U.S. Nitric Acid Production, Industrial Processes, Page 4-41. April 15, 2006. Washington DC. http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/usgginv_archive.html |
Parameter: |
US nitric acid production capacity = 11,015,000 tonne |
Reference: |
CEC (2002). Inventory of California Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-1999. Publication #600-02-001F. November 2002. California Energy Commission, Sacramento. http://www.energy.ca.gov/reports/600-02-001F/2002-09-14_600-02-001F.PDF |
Constant: |
Global warming potential of N2O = 310 |
Reference: |
IPCC (1996). Second Assessment Report. Climate Change 1995: WG I - The Science of Climate Change. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; J.T. Houghton, L.G. Meira Filho, B.A. Callander, N. Harris, A. Kattenberg, and K. Maskell (eds.); Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, U.K. |
● Greenhouse gas emitted per unit activity —
Amount: |
8.000E-03 g of N2O per g 2.48 g of CO2eq. per g |