ANNEX V Minimum tier requirements for calculation-based methodologies involving Category A installations and calculation factors for commercial standard fuels used by Category B and C installations (Article 26(1))
Table 1
Minimum tiers to be applied for calculation-based methodologies in the case of category A installations and in the case of calculation factors for commercial standard fuels for all installations in accordance with point (a) of Article 26(1); (‘n.a.’ means ‘not applicable’)
Activity/Source stream type | Activity data | Emission factor | Composition data (Carbon content) | Oxidation factor | Conversion factor | |
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Amount of fuel or material | Net calorific value | |||||
Combustion of fuels | ||||||
Commercial standard fuels | 2 | 2a/2b | 2a/2b | n.a. | 1 | n.a. |
Other gaseous and liquid fuels | 2 | 2a/2b | 2a/2b | n.a. | 1 | n.a. |
Solid fuels | 1 | 2a/2b | 2a/2b | n.a. | 1 | n.a. |
Mass balance methodology for Gas Processing Terminals | 1 | n.a. | n.a. | 1 | n.a. | n.a. |
Flares | 1 | n.a. | 1 | n.a. | 1 | n.a. |
Scrubbing (carbonate) | 1 | n.a. | 1 | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
Scrubbing (gypsum) | 1 | n.a. | 1 | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
Refining of mineral oil | ||||||
Catalytic cracker regeneration | 1 | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
Hydrogen production | 1 | n.a. | 1 | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
Production of coke | ||||||
Mass balance | 1 | n.a. | n.a. | 2 | n.a. | n.a. |
Fuel as process input | 1 | 2 | 2 | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
Metal ore roasting and sintering | ||||||
Mass balance | 1 | n.a. | n.a. | 2 | n.a. | n.a. |
Carbonate input | 1 | n.a. | 1 | n.a. | n.a. | 1 |
Production of iron and steel | ||||||
Mass balance | 1 | n.a. | n.a. | 2 | n.a. | n.a. |
Fuel as process input | 1 | 2a/2b | 2 | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
Production or processing of ferrous and non-ferrous metals, including secondary aluminium | ||||||
Mass balance | 1 | n.a. | n.a. | 2 | n.a. | n.a. |
Process emissions | 1 | n.a. | 1 | n.a. | n.a. | 1 |
Primary aluminium production | ||||||
Mass balance for CO2 emissions | 1 | n.a. | n.a. | 2 | n.a. | n.a. |
PFC emissions (slope method) | 1 | n.a. | 1 | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
PFC emissions (overvoltage method) | 1 | n.a. | 1 | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
Production of cement clinker | ||||||
Kiln input based | 1 | n.a. | 1 | n.a. | n.a. | 1 |
Clinker output | 1 | n.a. | 1 | n.a. | n.a. | 1 |
CKD | 1 | n.a. | 1 | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
Non-carbonate carbon | 1 | n.a. | 1 | n.a. | n.a. | 1 |
Production of lime and calcination of dolomite and magnesite | ||||||
Carbonates | 1 | n.a. | 1 | n.a. | n.a. | 1 |
Alkali earth oxide | 1 | n.a. | 1 | n.a. | n.a. | 1 |
Manufacture of glass and mineral wool | ||||||
Carbonates | 1 | n.a. | 1 | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
Manufacture of ceramic products | ||||||
Carbon inputs | 1 | n.a. | 1 | n.a. | n.a. | 1 |
Alkali oxide | 1 | n.a. | 1 | n.a. | n.a. | 1 |
Scrubbing | 1 | n.a. | 1 | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
Production of gypsum and plasterboard: see Combustion of fuels | ||||||
Production of pulp and paper | ||||||
Make up chemicals | 1 | n.a. | 1 | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
Production of carbon black | ||||||
Mass balance methodology | 1 | n.a. | n.a. | 1 | n.a. | n.a. |
Production of ammonia | ||||||
Fuel as process input | 2 | 2a/2b | 2a/2b | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
Production of bulk organic chemicals | ||||||
Mass balance | 1 | n.a. | n.a. | 2 | n.a. | n.a. |
Production of hydrogen and synthesis gas | ||||||
Fuel as process input | 2 | 2a/2b | 2a/2b | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
Mass balance | 1 | n.a. | n.a. | 2 | n.a. | n.a. |
Soda ash and sodium bicarbonate | ||||||
Mass balance | 1 | n.a. | n.a. | 2 | n.a. | n.a. |