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. 2012 Apr 9;109(17):6435-6440. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1202407109

Table 1.

Emission factors used for TWP calculations in this paper

Power Plants Vehicles
Natural gas combined cycle* (kg/MWh) Supercritical pulverized coal (kg/MWh) Light-duty CNG car (kg/mmBtuHHV) Light-duty gasoline car (kg/mmBtuHHV) Heavy-duty CNG truck (mg/ton-mile) Heavy-duty diesel truck (mg/ton-mile)
Upstream CH4 3.1 0.65 0.51 0.1 590 100
Upstream CO2 36 7 9.4 15.9 10,000 15,000
In-Use CH4 0 0 0.11 0.0056 15 0
In-Use CO2 361 807 53.1 70.3 80,000 85,000
Fuel cycle CH4 3.1 0.65 0.62 0.11 605 100
Fuel cycle CO2 397 814 62.5 86.2 90,000 100,000

*Heat rate = 6,798 Btu/kWh.

Heat rate = 8,687 Btu/kWh.

1 mmBtu = 106 Btu = 1.055 GJ.