Electricity, natural gas, CC, 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 combined cycle based power generation effiency indicated by ESAA 2012 is 46% Geography: Refers to an average production in the Australia. Technology: Average Time period: Data collected for 2012 Version: 1.0 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

Sector
Energy
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Last updated
07 Apr 2013
Reference ID
29906259-c92b-373d-a90f-266302afc355

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Quantitative reference
Electricity, natural gas, CC, 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
07 Apr 2013
Is copyright protected
No
Is infrastructure process
No
Tags
energy
Sources
Energy Gas Australia 2018/2018/Australian Energy Council.
Australian National Greenhouse Accounts/2012/DCCEE
Water and the electricity generation industry/2009/Smart and Aspinall

Product outputs

Flow AmountUnitComment
Electricity, natural gas, CC, at power plant {AU}| | AusLCI, U 1.0 MWh —

Technical inputs

Flow AmountUnitComment
Electricity, natural gas, CC, 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, Australia {AU}| | AusLCI, U 0.1560224672352819 t —
Tap water, at user, Australia {AU}| | AusLCI, U 1590.0 kg Water may be self extracted but likely to need some treatment so local water supply process is used

Outputs to treatment

Flow AmountUnitComment
Wastewater treatment {AU}| | AusLCI, U 0.8145028084044103 m3 —

Elementary flow inputs

Flow Sub-compartment AmountUnitComment
Oxygen in air 0.2947030371391304 t —

Elementary flow outputs

Flow CompartmentSub-compartment AmountUnitComment
Acrolein Emissions to air— 0.00044298 g (2,1,1,1,1,na) From NPI (2016) data for all Australian CCGT gas power plants reporting on this emission. Based on data from 6 plant(s).
Arsenic, ion Emissions to air— 0.000866203 g (2,1,1,1,1,na) From NPI (2016) data for all Australian CCGT gas power plants reporting on this emission. Based on data from 2 plant(s).
Benzene Emissions to air— 0.0000349 g (2,1,1,1,1,na) From NPI (2016) data for all Australian CCGT gas power plants reporting on this emission. Based on data from 6 plant(s).
Beryllium (II) Emissions to air— 0.00232628 g (2,1,1,1,1,na) From NPI (2016) data for all Australian CCGT gas power plants reporting on this emission. Based on data from 6 plant(s).
Carbon dioxide, fossil Emission to airunspecified 404.295652173913 kg From NIR (2009) data, Table 3.7, for all major SA brown coal power plants.
Carbon monoxide Emissions to air— 1249.4347826086957 g From NIR (2009) data, Table 3.7, for all major SA brown coal power plants.
Chromium (III) Emissions to air— 0.002828943 g (2,1,1,1,1,na) From NPI (2016) data for all Australian CCGT gas power plants reporting on this emission. Based on data from 6 plant(s).
Chromium (VI) Emissions to air— 0.000181262 g (2,1,1,1,1,na) From NPI (2016) data for all Australian CCGT gas power plants reporting on this emission. Based on data from 5 plant(s).
Copper, ion Emissions to air— 0.002229158 g (2,1,1,1,1,na) From NPI (2016) data for all Australian CCGT gas power plants reporting on this emission. Based on data from 5 plant(s).
Dinitrogen monoxide Emissions to air— 0.7591304347826088 g From NIR (2009) data, Table 3.7, for all major SA brown coal power plants.
Electricity, delivered to user Non material emissions— 1.0 MWh Indicator used to track energy end use through the database
Fluoride Emissions to air— 0.000419374 g (2,1,1,1,1,na) From NPI (2016) data for all Australian CCGT gas power plants reporting on this emission. Based on data from 2 plant(s).
Hexane Emissions to air— 0.000322932 g (2,1,1,1,1,na) From NPI (2016) data for all Australian CCGT gas power plants reporting on this emission. Based on data from 2 plant(s).
Lead (II) Emissions to air— 0.001221341 g (2,1,1,1,1,na) From NPI (2016) data for all Australian CCGT gas power plants reporting on this emission. Based on data from 6 plant(s).
Manganese (II) Emissions to air— 0.001599659 g (2,1,1,1,1,na) From NPI (2016) data for all Australian CCGT gas power plants reporting on this emission. Based on data from 3 plant(s).
Mercury (II) Emissions to air— 0.000601833 g (2,1,1,1,1,na) From NPI (2016) data for all Australian CCGT gas power plants reporting on this emission. Based on data from 6 plant(s).
Methane Emissions to air— 35.29565217391304 g From NIR (2009) data, Table 3.7, for all major SA brown coal power plants.
NMVOC, non-methane volatile organic compounds Emissions to air— 15.339130434782609 g From NIR (2009) data, Table 3.7, for all major SA brown coal power plants.
Nickel (II) Emissions to air— 0.00442268 g (2,1,1,1,1,na) From NPI (2016) data for all Australian CCGT gas power plants reporting on this emission. Based on data from 6 plant(s).
Nitrogen oxides Emissions to air— 191.58260869565217 g From NIR (2009) data, Table 3.7, for all major SA brown coal power plants.
PAH, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons Emissions to air— 0.007145894 g (2,1,1,1,1,na) From NPI (2016) data for all Australian CCGT gas power plants reporting on this emission. Based on data from 10 plant(s).
Particulates, < 10 um Emissions to air— 21.94907773 g (2,1,1,1,1,na) From NPI (2016) data for all Australian CCGT gas power plants reporting on this emission. Based on data from 9 plant(s).
Particulates, < 2.5 um Emissions to air— 16.80570328 g (2,1,1,1,1,na) From NPI (2016) data for all Australian CCGT gas power plants reporting on this emission. Based on data from 9 plant(s).
Polychlorinated dioxins and furans Emissions to air— 0.00000000598 g (2,1,1,1,1,na) From NPI (2016) data for all Australian CCGT gas power plants reporting on this emission. Based on data from 9 plant(s).
Powerplant conversion losses Non material emissions— 1.1739130434782608 MWh Indicator used to track energy end use through the database
Sulfur dioxide Emissions to air— 3.396463189 g (2,1,1,1,1,na) From NPI (2016) data for all Australian CCGT gas power plants reporting on this emission. Based on data from 10 plant(s).
Sulfur oxides Emissions to air— 182.2695652173913 g From NIR (2009) data, Table 3.7, for all major SA brown coal power plants.
Toluene Emissions to air— 0.000695767 g (2,1,1,1,1,na) From NPI (2016) data for all Australian CCGT gas power plants reporting on this emission. Based on data from 2 plant(s).
Water Emissions to air— 0.8145028084044103 t Evapouration - calculated by difference.

Parameters

NameValueFormulaDescription
O2_req 294.7030371391304 (GJ_FuelperMWH*EF_CO2*O2forCO2)+(((GJ_FuelperMWH*EF_CO*O2forCO)+(GJ_FuelperMWH*EF_NOx*O2forNO2))/1000) kg Oxygen required total
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_SO2 23.29 — (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.
O2forNO2 0.348 — Ratio of Oxygen required to oxidise Nitrogen to nitrogen dioxide (NO2) used as proxy for NOx
Gen_eff 0.46 — (2,1,1,1,1,na) Generation effiecncy based on electricity sent out.Derrived from Table 2.9ESAA 2012 after accounting for other thermal technology effciencies
ED_NaturalGas 50.16 — MJ/kg Natural gas
GWh_GEN 25668.0 — (1,1,1,1,1,na), [GWh] Total electricity generated using Natural Gas in Australia in 2010 - ESAA 2011 table 2.6
m_gasperMWh 0.1560224672352819 GJ_FuelperMWH/ED_NaturalGas Tonnes/MWh
H_in_Gas 0.25 — (4,3,2,1,1,2) Typical hydrogen content in Natural gas
EF_CH4 4.51 — (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_NMVOC 1.96 — (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.
GJ_FuelperMWH 7.826086956521739 3.6/Gen_eff GJ/MWH
O2forCO2 0.727 — Ratio of Oxygen required to oxidise carbon to carbon dioxide
Water_to_WWT 0.5 — (5,5,5,5,1,5) Fraction of total water to Waste Water Treatment
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_NOx 24.48 — (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.
Water 1.59 — (1,2,1,1,1,na) [kL/MWh], average data from Smart & Aspinall 2009, Table 9 to 13 and Table 32
EF_CO2 51.66 — (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.
EF_CO 159.65 — (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.
WaterTotal 1.6290056168088205 Water+H_in_Gas*m_gasperMWh M3 water/MWh
O2forCO 0.571 — Ratio of Oxygen required to oxidise carbon to carbon monoxide