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This is the third edition of these equations. The information to calculate the impact of fossil fuels in relation to carbon dioxide levels has been around for as long as the "Baby Boomers" protested Vietnam and took over Administrative Offices !
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
Conversion Tables
Contents taken from Glossary: Carbon Dioxide and Climate, 1990.
ORNL/CDIAC-39
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Third Edition. Edited by: Fred O'Hara Jr.
Table 6. Factors and Units for Calculating Annual CO2 Emissions Using Global Fuel Production Data
Formula: CO2i = (Pi)(FOi)(Ci) with all masses in metric tons (103 kg).
Source: Marland, G. and R. M. Rotty. 1983. Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Fossil Fuels: A Procedure for Estimation and Results for 1950-1981, DOE/NBB-0036, TR003, U. S. Department of Energy, Washington, D.C.
From Coal Production
CO2s = CO2 emissions in 106 tons C
Ps = Annual production in 106 tons coal equivalent (± approx. 11.2%)
FOs = Effective fraction oxidized in year of production = 0.982 ± 2%
Cs = Carbon content in tons C per ton coal equivalent = 0.746 ± 2%
(The 0.746 value includes a heating value adjustment to recognize
that the carbon content, developed on a higher heating value basis,
must be increased when used with UN production data based on
"net" or lower heating values.)
From Natural Gas Production
CO2g = CO2 emissions in 106 tons C
Pg = Annual production in thousands of 1012 joules (± approx. 10%)
FOg = Effective fraction oxidized in year of production = 0.98 ± 1%
Cg = Carbon content in 106 tons C per thousand 1012 joules = 0.0137 ± 2%
From Natural Gas Flaring
CO2f = CO2 emissions in 106 tons C
Pf = Annual gas flaring in 109 cubic meters (± approx. 20%)
FOf = Effective fraction oxidized in year of flaring = 1.00 ± 1%
Cf = Carbon content in tons C per thousand cubic meters = 0.525 ± 3%
From Crude Oil and Natural Gas Liquids Production
CO2l = CO2 emissions in 106 tons C
Pl = Annual production in 106 tons (± approx. 8%)
FOl = Effective fraction oxidized in year of production = 0.918 ± 3%
Cl = Carbon content in tons C per ton crude oil = 0.85 ± 1%
