Electricity, natural gas, steam, SA, at power plant {AU}| | AusLCI, U
Unit process Australia v00.00.000
Included processes:Includes the production of fuels and generation of electricitys well is capital equipment for power plant construction. Remark: Natural gas steam based power generation in South ustralia- effiency indicated by ESAA 2012 is 25%. Geography: Refers to an average production in the Australia. Technology: Average Start date: 2022-08-19 End date: 2022-10-10 Record: Data entry by: Tim Grant Telephone: 0061 408104977; E-mail: tim@lifecycles.com.au; Company: LCS; Country: AU Generator: Data entry by: Tim Grant Telephone: 0061 408104977; E-mail: tim@lifecycles.com.au; Company: LCS; Country: AU
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- Energy
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- Last updated
- 10 Oct 2022
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1cd368a1-8c1a-3ef8-ac58-9b1ad97564b4
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- Quantitative reference
- Electricity, natural gas, steam, SA, at power plant {AU}| | AusLCI, U
- Sampling procedure
- Data were collected from national reporting on electricity production and fuel use and from emission estimation values in the national pollutant inventory guidebooks.
- Creation date
- 10 Oct 2022
- Is copyright protected
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- Is infrastructure process
- No
- Tags
- energy
- Sources
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Energy Gas Australia 2018/2018/Australian Energy Council.
Australian National Greenhouse Accounts/2012/DCCEE
Water and the electricity generation industry/2009/Smart and Aspinall
Electricity Gas Australia Highlights FY 2020-21
Product outputs
| Flow | Amount | Unit | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electricity, natural gas, steam, SA, at power plant {AU}| | AusLCI, U | 1.0 | MWh | — |
Technical inputs
| Flow | Amount | Unit | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electricity, natural gas, steam, SA, at power plant {AU}| | AusLCI, U | 0.016 | MWh | — |
| Gas power plant, 300MW electrical {GLO}| market for gas power plant, 300MW electrical | Cut-off, U | 0.0000000459 | Item(s) | — |
| Natural gas, high pressure, South Australia {AU}| | AusLCI, U | 0.3120449344705638 | t | — |
| Tap water, at user, Australia {AU}| | AusLCI, U | 80.0 | kg | Water may be self extracted but likely to need some treatment so local water supply process is used |
Outputs to treatment
| Flow | Amount | Unit | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wastewater treatment {AU}| | AusLCI, U | 0.07900561680882048 | m3 | — |
Elementary flow inputs
| Flow | Sub-compartment | Amount | Unit | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxygen | in air | 0.5893926736023848 | t | — |
Elementary flow outputs
| Flow | Compartment | Sub-compartment | Amount | Unit | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenic, ion | Emissions to air | — | 0.00000148 | kg | (2,1,1,1,1,na)From NPI (2016) data for all SA natural gas power plants. Based on data from 6 plants. |
| Benzene | Emission to air | unspecified | 0.00000814 | kg | (2,1,1,1,1,na)From NPI (2016) data for all SA natural gas power plants. Based on data from 1 plants. |
| Beryllium (II) | Emissions to air | — | 0.0000000368 | kg | (2,1,1,1,1,na)From NPI (2016) data for all SA natural gas power plants. Based on data from 6 plants. |
| Cadmium (II) | Emissions to air | — | 0.00000797 | kg | (2,1,1,1,1,na)From NPI (2016) data for all SA natural gas power plants. Based on data from 6 plants. |
| Carbon dioxide, fossil | Emission to air | unspecified | 808.5728900347826 | kg | From NIR (2009) data, Table 3.7, for all major SA gas power plants. |
| Carbon monoxide | Emissions to air | — | 2498.823529043478 | g | From NIR (2009) data, Table 3.7, for all major SA gas power plants. |
| Chromium (VI) | Emissions to air | — | 0.000000533 | kg | (2,1,1,1,1,na)From NPI (2016) data for all SA natural gas power plants. Based on data from 6 plants. |
| Chromium, ion | Emissions to air | — | 0.00001 | kg | (2,1,1,1,1,na)From NPI (2016) data for all SA natural gas power plants. Based on data from 6 plants. |
| Copper, ion | Emissions to air | — | 0.0000124 | kg | (2,1,1,1,1,na)From NPI (2016) data for all SA natural gas power plants. Based on data from 3 plants. |
| Dinitrogen monoxide | Emissions to air | — | 1.5182608695652176 | g | From NIR (2009) data, Table 3.7, for all major SA gas power plants. |
| Electricity, delivered to user | Non material emissions | — | 1.0 | MWh | Indicator used to track energy end use through the database |
| Fluoride | Emission to air | unspecified | 0.00000308 | kg | (2,1,1,1,1,na)From NPI (2016) data for all SA natural gas power plants. Based on data from 1 plants. |
| Hexane | Emission to air | unspecified | 0.00337 | kg | (2,1,1,1,1,na)From NPI (2016) data for all SA natural gas power plants. Based on data from 2 plants. |
| Lead (II) | Emissions to air | — | 0.00000328 | kg | (2,1,1,1,1,na)From NPI (2016) data for all SA natural gas power plants. Based on data from 7 plants. |
| Manganese (II) | Emissions to air | — | 0.00000468 | kg | (2,1,1,1,1,na)From NPI (2016) data for all SA natural gas power plants. Based on data from 1 plants. |
| Mercury (II) | Emissions to air | — | 0.00189 | g | (2,1,1,1,1,na)From NPI (2016) data for all SA natural gas power plants. Based on data from 6 plants. |
| Methane | Emissions to air | — | 70.61892583304348 | g | From NIR (2009) data, Table 3.7, for all major SA gas power plants. |
| NMVOC, non-methane volatile organic compounds | Emissions to air | — | 30.659846540869566 | g | From NIR (2009) data, Table 3.7, for all major SA gas power plants. |
| Nickel (II) | Emissions to air | — | 0.0000164 | kg | (2,1,1,1,1,na)From NPI (2016) data for all SA natural gas power plants. Based on data from 6 plants. |
| Nitrogen oxides | Emissions to air | — | 383.2020460173913 | g | From NIR (2009) data, Table 3.7, for all major SA gas power plants. |
| PAH, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons | Emission to air | unspecified | 0.00000837 | kg | (2,1,1,1,1,na)From NPI (2016) data for all SA natural gas power plants. Based on data from 10 plants. |
| Particulate Matter, < 2.5 um | Emission to air | unspecified | 0.0667 | kg | (2,1,1,1,1,na)From NPI (2016) data for all SA natural gas power plants. Based on data from 9 plants. |
| Particulates, < 10 um | Emission to air | unspecified | 0.0679 | kg | (2,1,1,1,1,na)From NPI (2016) data for all SA natural gas power plants. Based on data from 9 plants. |
| Polychlorinated dioxins and furans | Emissions to air | — | 0.0000000000192 | kg | (2,1,1,1,1,na)From NPI (2016) data for all SA natural gas power plants. Based on data from 10 plants. |
| Powerplant conversion losses | Non material emissions | — | 3.3478260869565215 | MWh | Indicator used to track energy end use through the database |
| Sulfur oxides | Emissions to air | — | 364.60358060869567 | g | From NIR (2009) data, Table 3.7, for all major SA gas power plants. |
| Toluene | Emission to air | unspecified | 0.0000254 | kg | (2,1,1,1,1,na)From NPI (2016) data for all SA natural gas power plants. Based on data from 1 plants. |
| Water | Emissions to air | — | 0.07900561680882048 | t | Evaporation - calculated by difference |
| Xylenes, unspecified | Emission to air | unspecified | 0.0000115 | kg | (2,1,1,1,1,na)From NPI (2016) data for all SA natural gas power plants. Based on data from 1 plants. |
Parameters
| Name | Value | Formula | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| WaterTotal | 0.15801123361764097 | Water+H_in_Gas*m_gasperMWh | M3 water/MWh |
| ED_NaturalGas | 50.16 | — | MJ/kg Natural gas |
| m_gasperMWh | 0.3120449344705638 | GJ_FuelperMWH/ED_NaturalGas | Tonnes/MWh |
| Water | 0.08 | — | (1,2,1,1,1,na) [kL/MWh], average data from Smart & Aspinall 2009, Table 9 to 13 and Table 32 |
| EF_NMVOC | 1.958823529 | — | (2,1,1,1,1,na), [g/GJ] average emission of NMVOC from main fuel, NGGI 2009 data, Table 3.7, for all major natural gas power plants. |
| O2forCO2 | 0.727 | — | Ratio of Oxygen required to oxidise carbon to carbon dioxide |
| EF_CO | 159.6470588 | — | (2,1,1,1,1,na), [g/GJ] average emission of CO from main fuel, NGGI 2009 data, Table 3.7, for all major natural gas power plants. |
| O2forCO | 0.571 | — | Ratio of Oxygen required to oxidise carbon to carbon monoxide |
| Water_to_WWT | 0.5 | — | (5,5,5,5,1,5) Fraction of total water to Waste Water Treatment |
| O2forNO2 | 0.348 | — | Ratio of Oxygen required to oxidise Nitrogen to nitrogen dioxide (NO2) used as proxy for NOx |
| houseload | 0.016 | — | Percentage of electricity generated that is self-consumed at generation plant. Derived to match energy sent out vs energy generated from Table 2.4, 2.5 and 2.6, Australian Energy Council, Electricity Gas Australia Highlights FY 2022-23. |
| EF_CH4 | 4.511764706 | — | (2,1,1,1,1,na), [g/GJ] average emission of CH4 from main fuel, NGGI 2009 data, Table 3.7, for all major natural gas power plants. |
| EF_N2O | 0.097 | — | (2,1,1,1,1,na), [g/GJ] average emission of N2O from main fuel, NGGI 2009 data, Table 3.7, for all major natural gas power plants. |
| EF_CO2 | 51.65882353 | — | (2,1,1,1,1,na), [kg/GJ] average emission of CO2 from main fuel, NGGI 2009 data, Table 3.7, for all major natural gas power plants. |
| O2_req | 589.3926736023848 | (GJ_FuelperMWH*EF_CO2*O2forCO2)+(((GJ_FuelperMWH*EF_CO*O2forCO)+(GJ_FuelperMWH*EF_NOx*O2forNO2))/1000) | kg Oxygen required total |
| EF_SO2 | 23.29411765 | — | (2,1,1,1,1,na), [g/GJ] average emission of SO2 from main fuel, NGGI 2009 data, Table 3.7, for all major natural gas power plants. |
| GJ_FuelperMWH | 15.652173913043478 | 3.6/Gen_eff | GJ/MWH |
| Gen_eff | 0.23 | — | (2,1,1,1,1,na) Generation efficiency based on electricity generated. Derived from Table 2.9 ESAA 2012 after accounting for other thermal technology efficiencies |
| EF_NOx | 24.48235294 | — | (2,1,1,1,1,na), [g/GJ] average emission of NOx from main fuel, NGGI 2009 data, Table 3.7, for all major natural gas power plants. |
| H_in_Gas | 0.25 | — | (4,3,2,1,1,2) Typical hydrogen content in Natural gas |