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Full interactive map 1000 North America 481.1105 481.11 kg 1060.67 lb 0.085985 ton

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00:28 | Saturday 26 January 2019 quantity Fuel combustion CO2 kg factor CO2 kilogram CO2 pound

How many kilograms of CO2 are emitted during combustion?

1 Petrol (kg) 3.088 3.09 kg 6.81 lb

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 quantity Unit Fuel Distance Unit CO2 g/km CO2 lb/mi

Calculation of actual emissions in g/km on your car

20 Litre Petrol 300 Km 153.57 g/km 0.54 lb/mi
CO2 Emis. Unit Distance Unit CO2 kilogram CO2 pound

Calculation of CO2 emitted in the life or one year of your car

120 g/Km 20000 Km 2400.00 kg 5291.09 lb

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CO2 Emissions

Emissions of CO2 from transport vehicles

How many kilograms of CO2 are emitted during combustion?

Calculation of actual emissions in g/km on your car

Emissions of CO2, comparison between different energy sources

Grams CO2 per kWh of electricity

CO2 emissions per kWh from electricity and heat

Carbon footprint

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CO2 Emissions

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The production of one kWh electricity can be made using different energy sources, each source can be characterized by a factor that indicates how many kilograms of CO2 are released into
the atmosphere to produce 1 kWh electricity (these factors are changes that depend efficiency of the single station and the distribution network).
Some of the sources of energy are oil, natural gas, coal, municipal waste (thermal), enriched uranium (nuclear, gradients of water (hydroelectric), heat of the earth (geothermal), wind (wind),
sun (photovoltaic, solar thermal), biomass, etc.
Every nation has a mix of power plants that use different energy sources, then the value of kg CO2/kWh will be different for each country, this factor can be used to calculate the kg of CO2
emissions avoided in the environment in the country where the equipment is installed PV.
gas CO2 in the atmosphere is the main cause of global warming, which directly affects the ’ increase earth’s temperature and climate change related.

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 Emissions of CO2 from transport vehicles

To calculate the amount of CO2 produced by their car in a year, simply multiply the distance traveled in kilometers for the value of emissions g/km of CO2 your car.
In the car registration document in the data supplied by the manufacturer, you can find the data on emissions of anhydrite carbon dioxide (CO2) in grams per kilometer produced, expressed in
(g/km), these are referred to the combined cycle , the real value depends on the type of use and your riding style.
For example, if we travel with our car utilitarian 15000 km this year and produces 110 g/km in a year we emit into the atmosphere 1650 kg of CO2, while an SUV with 230 g/km would have
delivered 3450 kg of CO2.
At this moment in Europe’s road transport accounts for 25% of CO2 emissions to reduce air pollution, the most important factors are the average fuel consumption and fuel type.
The Biofuels instead of fossil fuel use the carbon in new organic material, then release CO2 recently removed from the atmosphere (closed cycle), while fossil fuel burning released carbon
dioxide removed from the atmosphere millions of years ago, altering the balance exists.

Table 1:
Car type Petrolium Diesel LPG GPL
Compact 138 120 95
Sedam small 171 135 120
Sedam medium 195 162 135
Sedam large 265 216 184
SUV 218 202 152
4x4 small 285 242 200
4x4 large 345 295 240

Table 2:
Fuel Combustion formula Density kg/l (lb/US gal) CO2 kg/l (lb/US gal) emissiones

Petrol gasoline 2 C8H18 + 25 O2 --> 16 CO2 + 18 H2O + 2636 kcal 0.7197 kg/l (6.073 lb/gal) 2.3035 kg/l (19.24 lb/US gal)

Diesel 4 C12H23 + 71 O2 --> 48 CO2 + 46 H2O + energy 0.832 kg/l (6.943 lb/gal) 2.6256 kg/l (21.91 lb/US gal)

LPG GPL C3H8 + 5 O2 --> 3CO2 + 4 H2O + 531 kcal 0.52 kg/l (4.34 lb/gal) 3.0 kg/l (25.04 lb/US gal)
Methane CNG (compressed natural gas) CH4 CH2 + 2 O2 --> CO2 + 2 H2O + 891 kJ/mol 0.416 kg/l (3.47 lb/gal) 2.750 kg/l (22.95 lb/US gal)
Methanol CH3OH CH2OH + 3/2 O2 --> CO2 + 2 H2O + energy 0.7918 kg/l (4.63 lb/gal) 1.375 kg/l (11.47 lb/US gal)

Ethanol C2H5OH C2H5OH + 3 O2 --> 2 CO2 + 3 H2O + energy 0.789 kg/l (6.58 lb/gal) 1.506 kg/l (12.57 lb/US gal)
Biodiesel C19H34O2 C19H34O2 + (53/2) O2 --> 19 CO2 + 17 H2O + energy 0.889 kg/l (7.42 lb/gal) 2.839 kg/l (23.69 lb/US gal)

Biodiesel C20H40O2 C20H40O2 + 29 O2 --> 20 CO2 + 20 H20 + energy 0.884 kg/l (7.38 lb/gal) 2.816 kg/l (23.5 lb/US gal)

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How many kilograms of CO2 are emitted during combustion?

If you do not know the value of g/km, another way to know the emissions of your vehicle is to measure the litres of fuel consumed. With a good approximation we can say that burning a litre of
gasoline produces 2.3035 kg of CO2 (more details are in Table 2), the value depends on the mixture of hydrocarbons and the engine, but does not vary much. The weight gain due to the fact
that we have considered only the fuel, but we need to add oxygen in the combustion O2.

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 Petrol gasoline, or benzin is composed of a mixture of 2,2,4-trimethylpentane (an isomer of octane C8H18 [octane rating 100]) and n-heptane (C7H16 [octane rating 0]). Example of octane
rating, petrol with the same knocking characteristics as a mixture of 95% iso-octane and 5% heptane would have an octane rating of 95.

Diesel is composed of about 75% saturated hydrocarbons (primarily paraffins including n, iso, and cycloparaffins), and 25% aromatic hydrocarbons (including naphthalenes and
alkylbenzenes). The average chemical formula for common diesel fuel is C12H23, ranging approximately from C10H20 to C15H28.

Petrol (Gasoline): 2 C8H18 + 25 O2 --> 16 CO2 + 18 H2O + energy

2 mol C8H18(114 g/mol) --> 16 mol CO2(44 g/mol) => 2*114=228g --> 16*44=704g => 1000/228*704=3087.72g
1 kg of Petrol produce 3.088 kg of CO2.
1 litre of Petrol produce 2.22 kg of CO2. (3087.72*0.7197=2224.64)

Diesel C12H23: 4 C12H23 + 71 O2 --> 48 CO2 + 46 H2O + energy

4 mol C50H93(167.3121 g/mol) --> 48 mol CO2(44 g/mol) => 4*167.3=669.25g --> 48*44=2112g => 1000/669.25*2112=3155.77g
1 kg of Diesel produce 3.16 kg of CO2.
1 litre of Diesel produce 2.63 kg of CO2. (3155.8*0.832=2625.6)

Diesel C50H93: C50H93 + 193/4 O2 --> 50 CO2 + 93/2 H2O + energy

1 mol C50H93(694.27342 g/mol) --> 50 mol CO2(44 g/mol) => 694.27g --> 50*44=2200g => 1000/694.27*2200=3168.8g
1 kg of Diesel produce 3.17 kg of CO2.
1 litre of Diesel produce 2.64 kg of CO2. (3168.8*0.832=2636.44)

LPG GPL: C3H8 + 5 O2 --> 3 CO2 + 4 H2O + energy

1 mol C3H8(44 g/mol) --> 3 mol CO2(44 g/mol) => 44g --> 3*44=132g => 1000/44*132=3000g
1 kg of LPG GPL produce 3 kg of CO2.
1 litre of GPL produce 1.56 kg of CO2. (3000.0*0.52=1560.0)

Methane CNG (compressed natural gas): CH4 + 2 O2 --> CO2 + 2 H2O + energy
1 mol CH4(16 g/mol) --> 1 mol CO2(44 g/mol) => 16g --> 44g => 1000/16*44=2750g
1 kg of Methane produce 2.75 kg of CO2.

Methanol: CH3OH + 3/2 O2 --> CO2 + 2 H2O + energy

1 mol CH3OH(32 g/mol) --> 1 mol CO2(44 g/mol) => 32g --> 44g => 1000/32*44=1375g
1 kg of Methanol produce 1.38 kg of CO2.

Ethanol: C2H5OH + 3 O2 --> 2 CO2 + 3 H2O + energy

1 mol C2H5OH(46 g/mol) --> 2 mol CO2(44 g/mol) => 46g --> 88g => 1000/46*88=1913.04g
1 kg of Ethanol produce 1.91 kg of CO2.
1 litre of Ethanol produce 1.51 kg of CO2. (1913.04*0.789=1509.4)

Biodiesel Methyl Linoleate: C19H34O2 + (53/2) O2 --> 19 CO2 + 17 H2O + energy

1 mol C19H34O2(294.4739 g/mol) --> 19 mol CO2(44 g/mol) => 294.4739g --> 836g => 1000/294.4739*836=2839g
1 kg of Biodiesel C19H34O2 produce 2.84 kg of CO2.
1 litre of Biodiesel C19H34O2 produce 2.524 kg of CO2. (2839*0.889=2524)

Biodiesel Ethyl Stearate: C20H40O2 + 29 O2 --> 20 CO2 + 20 H20 + energy

1 mol C20H40O2(312.5323 g/mol) --> 20 mol CO2(44 g/mol) => 312.5323g --> 880g => 1000/312.5323*880=2816g
1 kg of Biodiesel C20H40O2 produce 2.82 kg of CO2.
1 litre of Biodiesel C20H40O2 produce 2.489 kg of CO2. (2816*0.884=2489)

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Calculation of actual emissions in g/km on your car

Emissions from transport vehicles (cars, motorcycles, trucks, buses, etc.) depend on the fuel type and above the average consumer.
Burning fuel produces carbon dioxide and water and not exist a pot that can reduce its value, so it's important to choose cars with lower fuel consumption.
The emission data provided by the car manufacturers refer to standard reproducible tests, but to get the exact and real data you should use the converter on it.

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Emissions of CO2, comparison between different energy sources

These data represent the average kg CO2 emitted to produce one kWh of electricity and heat using various energy sources, the data vary depending on the performance of power plants.

Fuel CO2 g/kWh

1 Other bituminous coal 840

2 Sub bituminous coal 930
3 Lignite brown coal 950
4 Patent fuel 860
5 Natural gas 380

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Grams CO2 per kWh of electricity

The grams of CO2 emitted per kWh electricity produced, depending on the mix of energy sources used to produce electricity.

Country CO2 g/kWhel

1 USA 535
2 Germany 565
3 Italy 531

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CO2 emissions per kWh from electricity and heat

The emission of carbon anhydrite grammes CO2 per kWh electricity produced, varies greatly among nations and depends on the mix of energy sources used to produce energy.
CO2 emissions per kWh from electricity and heat generation, consider the CO2 emissions from fossil fuels consumed for electricity, combined heat and power and main activity heat plants
divided by the output of electricity and heat generated from fossil fuels, nuclear, hydro (excl. pumped storage), geothermal, solar and biomass. Both main activity producers and autoproducers

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 have been included in the calculation of the emissions.
If we considered only the production of electricity (no heat) values will be greater.

CO2 g/kWhel
Source: International Energy Agency (IEA)

2010 World 528.6578

1 North America 481.1105
2 Europe 290.3229
3 Asia Oceania 481.2633
4 OECD Total 433.4404
5 Non-OECD Total 627.6285
6 Canada 186.4102
7 Chile 409.6667
8 Mexico 454.8341
9 United States 522.2489
10 OECD Americas 478.9499
11 Australia 840.9243
12 Israel 688.9622
13 Japan 416.4083
14 Korea 533.0734
15 New Zealand 150.2037
16 OECD Asia Oceania 500.5803
17 Austria 187.8844
18 Belgium 219.5577
19 Czech Republic 589.0224
20 Denmark 359.6725
21 Estonia 1014.1421
22 Finland 229.4806
23 France 79.0921
24 Germany 460.8882
25 Greece 718.2638
26 Hungary 317.0834
27 Iceland 0.183
28 Ireland 458.0438
29 Italy 406.309

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 30 Luxembourg 409.8438
31 Netherlands 414.8527
32 Norway 16.6943
33 Poland 781.3546
34 Portugal 255.3142
35 Slovak Republic 197.0439
36 Slovenia 324.905
37 Spain 237.978
38 Sweden 29.5724
39 Switzerland 27.3076
40 Turkey 459.5982
41 United Kingdom 457.3677
42 OECD Europe 330.8274
43 Albania 2.1454
44 Armenia 92.2454
45 Azerbaijan 438.7715
46 Belarus 449.417
47 Bosnia and Herzegovina 722.9657
48 Bulgaria 535.4592
49 Croatia 236.3674
50 Cyprus 697.0775
51 Georgia 68.7419
52 Gibraltar 761.6045
53 Kazakhstan 403.2982
54 Kosovo 1287.4872
55 Kyrgyzstan 59.1458
56 Latvia 119.7106
57 Lithuania 337.4069
58 FYR of Macedonia 685.2519
59 Malta 872.318
60 Republic of Moldova 517.4757
61 Montenegro 405.3279
62 Romania 413.4417
63 Russian Federation 383.6011

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 64 Serbia 717.79
65 Tajikistan 14.2945
66 Turkmenistan 953.5463
67 Ukraine 391.6536
68 Uzbekistan 549.8789
69 Non-OECD Europe and Eurasia 407.3174
70 Algeria 547.8543
71 Angola 440.0713
72 Benin 719.6667
73 Botswana 2517.4792
74 Cameroon 207.1761
75 Congo 142.2236
76 Dem. Rep. of Congo 2.9137
77 Cote d Ivoire 445.3024
78 Egypt 449.8728
79 Eritrea 646.3087
80 Ethiopia 7.0129
81 Gabon 383.013
82 Ghana 259.3119
83 Kenya 274.1183
84 Libya 885.4182
85 Morocco 717.7742
86 Mozambique 0.6478
87 Namibia 196.7547
88 Nigeria 404.9281
89 Senegal 636.9345
90 South Africa 926.5368
91 Sudan 343.5045
92 United Rep. of Tanzania 329.3565
93 Togo 195.3692
94 Tunisia 462.6968
95 Zambia 2.6825
96 Zimbabwe 660.1912
97 Other Africa 476.5313

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 98 Africa 637.4079
99 Bangladesh 592.6142
100 Brunei Darussalam 716.8446
101 Cambodia 803.7525
102 Chinese Taipei 623.8011
103 India 912.3916
104 Indonesia 709.077
105 DPR of Korea 465.082
106 Malaysia 727.3757
107 Mongolia 948.5164
108 Myanmar 261.9749
109 Nepal 1.0558
110 Pakistan 424.6646
111 Philippines 481.0007
112 Singapore 499.4506
113 Sri Lanka 378.9083
114 Thailand 512.8868
115 Vietnam 431.6169
116 Other Asia 295.6907
117 Asia 728.2247
118 People Rep. of China 766.4654
119 Hong Kong, China 723.4259
120 China 766.0941
121 Argentina 366.9635
122 Bolivia 422.6551
123 Brazil 86.7654
124 Colombia 175.737
125 Costa Rica 55.7064
126 Cuba 1011.7124
127 Dominican Republic 589.3417
128 Ecuador 388.559
129 El Salvador 223.059
130 Guatemala 285.6792
131 Haiti 537.6167

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 132 Honduras 331.8396
133 Jamaica 710.6934
134 Netherlands Antilles 707.0551
135 Nicaragua 460.0844
136 Panama 297.8238
137 Peru 289.0675
138 Trinidad and Tobago 699.6519
139 Uruguay 80.9884
140 Venezuela 264.3765
141 Other Non-OECD Americas 252.2551
142 Non-OECD Americas 196.5435
143 Bahrain 639.8849
144 Islamic Rep. of Iran 564.6244
145 Iraq 1002.8367
146 Jordan 565.5062
147 Kuwait 842.0723
148 Lebanon 708.8088
149 Oman 793.6521
150 Qatar 494.0038
151 Saudi Arabia 736.7833
152 Syrian Arab Republic 594.338
153 United Arab Emirates 597.8194
154 Yemen 654.8022
155 Middle East 674.2195
156 European Union - 27 347.2322

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Carbon footprint
A carbon footprint, is the total mix of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions produced by human activity, such as the creation of a product, electricity, heat, trip, event or food. The unit measure
used is carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) or 100-year global warming potential (GWP100).
The calculation of the carbon footprint depends on many factors, for example the same object produced in a different way can have two footprints completely different.

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References

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrol
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_fuel

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