Energy-related carbon dioxide emission factors from combustion of gaseous methane fuels

Iwona Kargulewicz; Zdzisław Chłopek; Sylwia Waśniewska

doi:10.2478/oszn-2023-0014

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Energy-related carbon dioxide emission factors from combustion of gaseous methane fuels

Environmental Protection and Natural Resources

Volume 34 (2023): Issue 4 (December 2023)

By: Iwona Kargulewicz, Zdzisław Chłopek and Sylwia Waśniewska

Open Access

|Dec 2023

Figures & Tables

Volumetric calorific value—Wu of natural gas in Poland: AV – average value, D – standard deviationSource: Own elaboration based on data from the GAS-SYSTEM database [GAS-SYSTEM 2023]

Carbon dioxide emission factor from combustion of high-methane (HM) and nitrified natural gas (N)Source: Own elaboration based on data from [PGNiG 2023] and [GAS-SYSTEM 2023]

Energy-related carbon dioxide emission factor from combustion of high-methane (HM) and nitrified natural gas (N)Source: Own elaboration based on data from [PGNiG 2023] and [GAS-SYSTEM 2023]

Natural gas consumption (excluding non-energy use) – Q (expressed in energy units) for all types of natural gas (S) in Poland in 1988–2021 by sectors: E&I – energy and industries, T – transport, O – other sectors and A – all sectors

High-methane natural gas consumption (excluding non-energy use) – Q (expressed in energy unit) in Poland in 1988–2021 by sectors: E&I – energy and industries, T – transport, O – other sectors and A – all sectors

Colliery gas consumption (excluding non-energy use) – Q (expressed in energy unit) in Poland in 1988–2021 by sectors: E&I – energy and industries, T – transport, O – other sectors, and A – all sectors

HM excluding CG consumption (excluding non-energy use) – Q (expressed in energy units) in Poland in 1988–2021 by sectors: E&I – energy and industries, T – transport, O – other sectors, and A – all sectors

Nitrified natural gas consumption (excluding non-energy use) – Q (expressed in energy units) in Poland in 1988–2021 by sectors: E&I – energy and industries, T – transport, O – other sectors, and A – all sectors

Natural gas consumption (excluding non-energy use) – Q (expressed in energy units) for all sectors of application (A) in Poland in 1988–2021 by types of natural gas: HM, CG, HM-CG, N, and S

Natural gas consumption (excluding non-energy use) – Q (expressed in energy unit) for energy and industry sectors (E&I) in Poland in 1988–2021 by types of natural gas: HM, CG, HM-CG, N, and S

Natural gas consumption (excluding non-energy use) – Q (expressed in energy units) for transport sector (T) in Poland in 1988–2021 by types of natural gas: HM, HM-CG, N, and S

Natural gas consumption (excluding non-energy use) – Q (expressed in energy units) for other sectors (O) in Poland in 1988–2021 by types of natural gas: HM, HM-CG, N, and S

Aggregated energy carbon dioxide emission factors – WEagr t for particular types of natural gas (HM, CG, and N) in Poland in 1988 – 2021 estimated on the basis of the plant-specific data reported under ETS. The values for 1988–2004 are the arithmetic means of the values for the years 2005–2016Source: Own elaboration based on data from [KOBiZE 2022]

Aggregated energy carbon dioxide emission factors—WEagr s—for natural gas combustion in the sectors of energy and industry (E&I) as well as other sectors (O) in Poland in 1988–2021Source: Own elaboration based on data from [KOBiZE 2022] [GUS 1988–2022] [IEA 2022]

Data adopted for high-methane (HM) and nitrified natural gas (N) [PGNiG 2023]

Parameter	Unit	Type of gas
Parameter	Unit	HM	N
W_um	MJ/kg	49.3	33.5
W_uV	MJ/m³	36.0	27.9
ϱ	kg/m³	0.73	0.83
u_CH₄	-	0.98	0.79

The data connected with the estimation of the carbon dioxide emission factor – WCO2 as well as energy carbon dioxide emission factor – WECO2 for high-methane (HM) and nitrified natural gas (N)

Parameter	Unit	Type of gas
Parameter	Unit	HM	N
m_mNG	u	16.36	18.66
u_CH₄	-	0.98	0.79
m_CO₂	u	43.03	34.76
W_CO₂	kg/kg	2.63	1.86
WE_CO₂	kg/GJ	53.36	55.62

Aggregated energy carbon dioxide emission factors—WEagr s [kg/GJ] —for natural gas combustion in the sectors of energy and industry (E&I) as well as other sectors (O) in Poland in 2005–2021

Sectors	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Energy and industry (E&I)	54.85	54.84	55.06	55.36	55.41	55.33	55.32	55.37	55.63
Other sectors (O)	54.74	54.76	54.98	55.20	55.27	55.16	55.19	55.25	55.51
Sectors	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Energy and industry (E&I)	55.34	55.58	55.54	55.41	55.42	55.44	55.48	55.47
Other sectors (O)	55.22	55.43	55.43	55.33	55.35	55.33	55.39	55.37

Types of natural gas [PGNiG 2023]

Type of natural gas		High-methane E type	Nitrified L_s type	Nitrified L_w type
Composition	Unit	High-methane E type	Nitrified L_s type	Nitrified L_w type
Methane content	% V/V	97.8	71.0	79.0
Ethane, popane and butane content	% V/V	1.0	1.0	1.0
Nitrogen content	% V/V	1.0	27.0	19.5
Carbon dioxide and residual content	% V/V	0.2	1.0	0.5
Combustion heat	MJ/m³	40.0 (no less than 34.0)	27.9 (no less than 26.0)	31.0 (no less than 30.0)

Percentage share by volume of individual components in natural gas in Poland

Component	Percentage content - average value - AV	Standard deviation - D
Methane	94.56	5.874
Nitrogen	2.640	5.291
Ethane	1.963	1.356
Propane	0.362	0.249
Carbon Dioxide	0.247	0.251
Oxygen	0.002	0.040

Aggregated energy carbon dioxide emission factors—WEagr t [kg/GJ]—for individual types of natural gas in Poland in 2005–2021

Type of natural gas	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
High-methane natural gas	54.71	54.73	54.97	55.09	55.20	55.11	55.14	55.22	55.49
Nitrified natural gas	54.97	54.99	55.04	56.17	56.12	56.18	56.08	56.07	56.00
Colliery gas	57.24	56.20	56.72	57.81	57.21	57.87	57.01	56.95	57.91
Type of natural gas	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
High-methane natural gas	55.21	55.40	55.40	55.30	55.31	55.30	55.36	55.34
Nitrified natural gas	55.53	56.03	55.99	55.82	56.01	56.04	56.05	56.11
Colliery gas	57.39	56.94	57.64	57.50	56.02	58.24	57.86	58.03

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/oszn-2023-0014 | Journal eISSN: 2353-8589 | Journal ISSN: 1230-7831

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Language: English

Page range: 92 - 104

Published on: Dec 31, 2023

Published by: National Research Institute, Institute of Environmental Protection

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Keywords:

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combustion of gaseous fuels

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© 2023 Iwona Kargulewicz, Zdzisław Chłopek, Sylwia Waśniewska, published by National Research Institute, Institute of Environmental Protection
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Energy-related carbon dioxide emission factors from combustion of gaseous methane fuels

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Data adopted for high-methane (HM) and nitrified natural gas (N) [PGNiG 2023]

The data connected with the estimation of the carbon dioxide emission factor – WCO2 as well as energy carbon dioxide emission factor – WECO2 for high-methane (HM) and nitrified natural gas (N)

Aggregated energy carbon dioxide emission factors—WEagr s [kg/GJ] —for natural gas combustion in the sectors of energy and industry (E&I) as well as other sectors (O) in Poland in 2005–2021

Types of natural gas [PGNiG 2023]

Percentage share by volume of individual components in natural gas in Poland

Aggregated energy carbon dioxide emission factors—WEagr t [kg/GJ]—for individual types of natural gas in Poland in 2005–2021

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