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T-1A2-A-1 - Diesel rail passenger transport

Definition

This emission source is defined by the IPCC in E-1A3c - Railways.

Transition Elements

This activity has the following mitigation methods modelled as transition elements:

Activity Model

This emission source is modelled with Combustion as:

Parameters

Parameter Unit Description
emission_factor_biodiesel_kwh_to_co2e g_co2e_kwh Emission factor biodiesel WTW
emission_factor_diesel_kwh_to_co2e g_co2e_kwh Emission factor fossil diesel WTW
energy_intensity_passenger_diesel_rail kwh_person_km Energy intensity passenger rail diesel
resource_proportion_biodiesel_rail_passenger percent Fuel proportion biodiesel for passenger rail
resource_proportion_diesel_rail_passenger percent Fuel proportion diesel for passenger rail
stock_growth_passenger_diesel_rail person_km_percapita Growth of passenger rail diesel operations
stock_passenger_diesel_rail person_km Stock passenger rail diesel

YAML Specification

version: 2.1.0
ipccEmissionSource: 1a3c-railways
operation:
  growthType: true
  variable: stock_passenger_diesel_rail
  growthFactor:
    unitOfMeasure: per_capita
    expression: '%[0]'
    variables:
    - stock_growth_passenger_diesel_rail
work:
- name: combustion
  unitOfMeasure: kwh
  operationToWork:
    unitOfMeasure: kwh/person_km
    expression: '%[0]'
    variables:
    - energy_intensity_passenger_diesel_rail
  input:
  - resource: diesel
    unitOfMeasure: kwh
    resourceProportion: resource_proportion_diesel_rail_passenger
    resourceToWork:
      unitOfMeasure: kwh/kwh
      expression: '1'
    emissionFactor:
      unitOfMeasure: g_co2e/kwh
      expression: '%[0]'
      variables:
      - emission_factor_diesel_kwh_to_co2e
  - resource: hvo_biodiesel
    unitOfMeasure: kwh
    resourceProportion: resource_proportion_biodiesel_rail_passenger
    resourceToWork:
      unitOfMeasure: kwh/kwh
      expression: '1'
    emissionFactor:
      unitOfMeasure: g_co2e/kwh
      expression: '%[0]'
      variables:
      - emission_factor_biodiesel_kwh_to_co2e
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