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Carbon Dioxide Uncontrolled Emission Factors

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Table A3. Carbon Dioxide Uncontrolled Emission Factors (Pounds of CO₂ per Million Btu)
Fuel, Code, Source, and Emission Factor
Fuel And EIA Fuel Code	Source and Tables (As appropriate)	Factor
Fuel And EIA Fuel Code	Source and Tables (As appropriate)	(Pounds of CO₂ Per Million Btu)***
Bituminous Coal (BIT)	Source: 1	205.3
Distillate Fuel Oil (DFO)	Source: 1	161.386
Geothermal (GEO)	Estimate from EIA, Office of Integrated Analysis and Forecasting	16.59983
Jet Fuel (JF)	Source: 1	156.258
Kerosene (KER)	Source: 1	159.535
Lignite Coal (LIG)	Source: 1	215.4
Municipal Solid Waste (MSW)	Source: 1 (including footnote 2 within source)	91.9
Natural Gas (NG)	Source: 1	117.08
Petroleum Coke (PC)	Source: 1	225.13
Propane Gas (PG)	Source: 1	139.178
Residual Fuel Oil (RFO)	Source: 1	173.906
Synthetic Coal (SC)	Assumed to have emissions similar to Bituminous Coal.	205.3
Subbituminous Coal (SUB)	Source: 1	212.7
Tire-Derived Fuel (TDF)	Source: 1	189.538
Waste Coal (WC)	Assumed to have emissions similar to Bituminous Coal.	205.3
Waste Oil (WO)	Source: 2, Table 1.11-3 (assumes typical heat content of 4.4 MMBtus per barrel)	210
Note: * CO₂ factors do not vary by combustion system type or boiler firing configuration. Sources:** U.S. Energy Information Administration, Office of Integrated Analysis and Forecasting, Voluntary Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Program, Table of Fuel and Energy Source: Codes and Emission Coefficients; available at: http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/1605/coefficients.html; and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, AP 42, Fifth Edition (Compilation of Air Pollutant Emission Factors, Volume 1: Stationary Point and Area Sources); available at: http://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/ap42/.