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: |
2G4 - Other Product Manufacture and Use - Other (Please specify) |
| Sector: |
Industrial : Not Specified |
♦ Activity: Soda ash consumption -
♦ Greenhouse gas: Carbon dioxide ( CO2 )
► Year 1990 —
● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —
| Amount: |
340,796 tonnes of CO2 Emitted (340,796 tonnes CO2 Eq.) |
| Basis: |
Calculation |
| Calculation: |
[Soda ash consumption] * [Soda ash CO2 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 —
| Activity: |
Soda ash consumption = 821,194,376,932 g (i.e. 821.19 thousand tonnes) |
| Basis: |
Calculation |
| Calculation: |
[National Soda Ash Consumption] * [Ratio of California to US Population] |
| 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 |
● Parameters and Constants used in calculations —
| Parameter: |
National soda ash consumption = 6,840,000,000,000 g (i.e. 6.84 million tonnes) |
| Reference: |
USGS (2006). U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SODA ASH (SODIUM CARBONATE) STATISTICS, Compiled by K.E. Porter and D.S. Kostick (May 1, 2006), Data Series 140. Accessed online at: http://minerals.usgs.gov/ds/2005/140/sodaash.pdf |
| Parameter: |
Ratio of California to US population = 0.12 |
| Reference: |
USCB (various years). U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates for the United States and California. Accessed online at: http://www.census.gov |
| Parameter: |
Soda ash CO2 emission factor = 0.415 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 |
● Greenhouse gas emitted per unit activity —
| Amount: |
0.415 g of CO2 per g |