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Commission Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 of 21 June 2012 on the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance) (repealed)

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2. Emission factors related to process emissions

Table 2:

Stoichiometric emission factor for process emissions from carbonate decomposition (Method A)

CarbonateEmission factor [t CO2/t Carbonate]
CaCO30,44
MgCO30,522
Na2CO30,415
BaCO30,223
Li2CO30,596
K2CO30,318
SrCO30,298
NaHCO30,524
FeCO30,38
General

Emission factor = [M(CO2)]/{Y * [M(x)] + Z *[M(CO3 2-)]}

X

=

metal

M(x)

=

molecular weight of X in [g/mol]

M(CO2)

=

molecular weight of CO2 in [g/mol]

M(CO3 2-)

=

molecular weight of CO3 2- in [g/mol]

Y

=

stoichiometric number of X

Z

=

stoichiometric number of CO3 2-

Table 3:

Stoichiometric emission factor for process emissions from carbonate decomposition based on alkali earth oxides (Method B)

OxideEmission factor [t CO2/t Oxide]
CaO0,785
MgO1,092
BaO0,287
general: XYOZ

Emission factor = [M(CO2)]/{Y * [M(x)] + Z * [M(O)]}

X

=

alkali earth or alkali metal

M(x)

=

molecular weight of X in [g/mol]

M(CO2)

=

molecular weight of CO2 [g/mol]

M(O)

=

molecular weight of O [g/mol]

Y

=

stoichiometric number of X

= 1 (for alkali earth metals)

= 2 (for alkali metals)

Z

=

stoichiometric number of O = 1

Table 4:

Stoichiometric emission factors for process emissions from other process materials (production of iron and steel, and processing of ferrous metals)a

a

IPCC 2006 Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories.

Input or output materialCarbon content(t C/t)Emission factor(t CO2/t)
Direct reduced iron (DRI)0,01910,07
EAF carbon electrodes0,81883,0
EAF charge carbon0,82973,04
Hot briquetted iron0,01910,07
Oxygen steel furnace gas0,34931,28
Petroleum coke0,87063,19
Purchased pig iron0,04090,15
Scrap iron0,04090,15
Steel0,01090,04

Table 5:

Stoichiometric emission factors for process emissions from other process materials (Bulk organic chemicals)a

a

IPCC 2006 Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories.

SubstanceCarbon content(t C/t)Emission factor(t CO2/t)
Acetonitril0,58522,144
Acrylonitrile0,66642,442
Butadiene0,8883,254
Carbon black0,973,554
Ethylene0,8563,136
Ethylene dichloride0,2450,898
Ethylene glycol0,3871,418
Ethylene oxide0,5451,997
Hydrogen cyanide0,44441,628
Methanol0,3751,374
Methane0,7492,744
Propane0,8172,993
Propylene0,85633,137
Vinyl chloride monomer0,3841,407

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