Environmental emission of carbon dioxide CO2 when combustion fuels like coal, oil, natural gas, LPG and bio energy
To calculate the CO2 emission from a fuel the carbon content of the fuel must be multiplied with the ratio of molecular weight CO2(44) to the molecular weight Carbon 12 -> 44 / 12 = 3.7
Carbon Dioxide emission can be calculated as
qCO2 = cf / hf CCO2/Cm (1)Emission of Carbon Dioxide - CO2 - when combustion some common fuels are indicated in the table below.
where
qCO2 = specific CO2 emission (CO2/kWh)
cf = specific carbon content in the fuel (kgC/kgfuel)
hf = specific energy content (kWh/kgfuel)
Cm = specific mass Carbon (kg/mol Carbon)
CCO2 = specific mass Carbon Dioxide (kg/mol CO2)
Note! Heat loss - 55-75% - in power generation is not included in the numbers.
Fuel | Specific Carbon Content (kgC/kgfuel) | Specific Energy Content (kWh/kgfuel) | Specific CO2 Emission (kgCO2 /kgfuel) | Specific CO2 Emission (kgCO2/kWh) |
Coal (bituminous/anthracite) | 0.75 | 7.5 | 2.3 | 0.37 |
Gasoline | 0.9 | 12.5 | 3.3 | 0.27 |
Light Oil | 0.7 | 11.7 | 2.6 | 0.26 |
Diesel | 0.86 | 11.8 | 3.2 | 0.24 |
LPG - Liquid Petroleum Gas | 0.82 | 12.3 | 3.0 | 0.24 |
Natural Gas, Methane | 0.75 | 12 | 2.8 | 0.23 |
Crude Oil | 0.26 | |||
Kerosene | 0.26 | |||
Wood 1) | 0.39 | |||
Peat 1) | 0.38 | |||
Lignite | 0.36 | |||
Bio energy | 0 | - | 02) |
2) Bio Energy is produced from biomass derived from any renewable organic plant, including
- dedicated energy crops and trees
- agricultural food and feed crops
- agricultural crop wastes and residues
- wood wastes
- aquatic plants
- animal wastes
- municipal wastes and other waste materials
A variety of bio fuels can be made from biomass resources, including
- ethanol
- methanol
- biodiesel
- Fischer-Tropsch diesel