A-5A1-9 - Gas fired power plant

Definition¶

This emission source is defined by the IPCC in TBD.

Transition Elements¶

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

T-5A1-2 - Gas fired power plant

Activity Model¶

This emission source is modelled with Combustion as:

Parameters¶

Parameter	Unit	Description
emission_factor_landfill_gas_kwh_to_co2e	g_co2e_kwh	Emission factor landfill gas
emission_factor_natural_gas_kwh_to_co2e	g_co2e_kwh	Emission factor natural gas
energy_intensity_direct_resource_use_kwh	kwh_kwh	Energy intensity direct resource use kWh
initial_operation_gas_fired_power_plants	kwh	Initial operation gas fired power plants
work_intensity_electricity_generation_gas	kwh_kwh	Energy intensity electricicty generation from gas
resource_proportion_pp_landfill_gas	percent	Resource proportion landfill gas (power plant)
resource_proportion_pp_natural_gas	percent	Resource proportion natural gas (power plant)
emission_factor_biogas_kwh_to_co2e	g_co2e_kwh	Emission factor biogas
resource_proportion_pp_biogas	percent	Resource proportion biogas (power plant)

YAML Specification¶

title: A-5A1-9 - Gas fired power plant
id: gas_fired_power_plants
sector: energy
version: 2.0.1
progress: 50
name: gas_fired_power_plants
operation:
  growthType: false
  variable: initial_operation_gas_fired_power_plants
work:
- name: combustion
  unitOfMeasure: kwh
  operationToWork:
    unitOfMeasure: kwh/kwh
    expression: '%[0]'
    variables:
    - energy_intensity_direct_resource_use_kwh
  input:
  - resource: biogas
    unitOfMeasure: kwh
    resourceProportion: resource_proportion_pp_biogas
    resourceToWork:
      unitOfMeasure: kwh/kwh
      expression: '%[0]'
      variables:
      - work_intensity_electricity_generation_gas
    emissionFactor:
      unitOfMeasure: g_co2e/kwh
      expression: '%[0]'
      variables:
      - emission_factor_biogas_kwh_to_co2e
  - resource: landfill_gas
    unitOfMeasure: kwh
    resourceProportion: resource_proportion_pp_landfill_gas
    resourceToWork:
      unitOfMeasure: kwh/kwh
      expression: '%[0]'
      variables:
      - work_intensity_electricity_generation_gas
    emissionFactor:
      unitOfMeasure: g_co2e/kwh
      expression: '%[0]'
      variables:
      - emission_factor_landfill_gas_kwh_to_co2e
  - resource: natural_gas
    unitOfMeasure: kwh
    resourceProportion: resource_proportion_pp_natural_gas
    resourceToWork:
      unitOfMeasure: kwh/kwh
      expression: '%[0]'
      variables:
      - work_intensity_electricity_generation_gas
    emissionFactor:
      unitOfMeasure: g_co2e/kwh
      expression: '%[0]'
      variables:
      - emission_factor_natural_gas_kwh_to_co2e
  output:
  - resource: electricity
    unitOfMeasure: kwh
    workToResource:
      unitOfMeasure: kwh/kwh
      expression: '1'

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