EPA Stationary combustion of coal

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The category /business/energy/stationaryCombustion/epa/coal contains data on the emissions associated with the burning of coal, sourced from the US Environmental Protection Agency's Climate Leaders initiative.

To use this category, select the type of coal using the type drill choice. Next specify the quantity of fuel consumed using either the energyConsumed or mass profile item values.

Emissions of CH4 and N2O vary according to the specific burning context under consideration. Users can specify the burning context using the burningContext profile item value with one of the following valid parameters;

  • residential
  • commercial
  • industry
  • electricity generation
If no burning context is explicitly specified the industry context is assumed by default. Discover retrieves the appropriate emissions factors from the associated EPA dataset for CH4 and N2O emissions.

Four quantities are returned, as follows:

  • CO2: CO2 emissions
  • CH4: CH4 (methane) emissions
  • N2O: N2O (nitrous oxide) emissions
  • CO2e: CO2e emissions (all three gases, converted using these global warming potential)
The individual quantities for CH4 and N2O represent absolute quantities rather than CO2e quantities.

See here for information on using British thermal units (Btu's) with the Discover platform

UIDLabel
WM3HF7B5NCIH anthracite
UB221UFQLQ6O bituminous
3L1Z3JRYAKL9 coke
NFEWHOW5PNY8 electric power sector
21G0ZW57D8QG industrial coking
B4OE9UEHPFTO lignite
YJ6QUQVXIJ3Y other industrial
ONAISXPUS70W residential/commercial
XCOIM87NE6ET sub-bituminous
Context of burning (e.g. 'residential' 'electricity')
Quantity of energy consumed
Mass of coal consumed
Name: EPA_Stationary_combustion_of_coal
Provenance: US EPA - Climate Leaders
Parent Category: EPA stationary combustion
Full path: /business/energy/stationaryCombustion/epa/coal
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