T-5A2-A-4 - District heating by waste incineration

Definition

This emission source is defined by the IPCC in TBD.

Transition Elements

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

Activity Model

This emission source is modelled with Combustion as:

Parameters

Parameter	Unit	Description
emission_factor_solid_waste_incineration_tonne_to_co2e	g_co2e_tonne	Emission factor incineration of solid waste
energy_intensity_dh_waste	kwh_kwh	Energy intensity district heating waste
initial_operation_dh_waste	kwh	Initial operation waste district heating
tonne_solid_waste_per_kWh_incineration	unknown	unknown

YAML Specification

version: 2.1.0
operation:
  growthType: false
  variable: initial_operation_dh_waste
work:
- name: combustion
  unitOfMeasure: kwh
  operationToWork:
    unitOfMeasure: kwh/kwh
    expression: '%[0]'
    variables:
    - energy_intensity_dh_waste
  input:
  - resource: solid_waste
    unitOfMeasure: tonne
    resourceToWork:
      unitOfMeasure: tonne/kwh
      expression: '%[0]'
      variables:
      - tonne_solid_waste_per_kWh_incineration
    emissionFactor:
      unitOfMeasure: g_co2e/tonne
      expression: '%[0]'
      variables:
      - emission_factor_solid_waste_incineration_tonne_to_co2e
  output:
  - resource: district_heat
    unitOfMeasure: kwh
    workToResource:
      unitOfMeasure: kwh/kwh
      expression: 1 / %[0]
      variables:
      - energy_intensity_dh_waste

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