2.B.3 - Adipic Acid Production

Last updated on 11 Mar 2020 15:29 (cf. Authors)

Short description

NFR-Code	Name of Category	Method	AD	EF	Key Category 1
2.B.3	Adipic Acid Production	T3	PS	C	No key category

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¹ T = key source by Trend / L = key source by Level

Methods
D	Default
RA	Reference Approach
T1	Tier 1 / Simple Methodology *
T2	Tier 2*
T3	Tier 3 / Detailed Methodology *
C	CORINAIR
CS	Country Specific
M	Model
as described in the EMEP/CORINAIR Emission Inventory Guidebook - 2007, in the group specific chapters.

AD - Data Source for Activity Data
NS	National Statistics
RS	Regional Statistics
IS	International Statistics
PS	Plant Specific data
AS	Associations, business organisations
Q	specific questionnaires, surveys

EF - Emission Factors
D	Default (EMEP Guidebook)
C	Confidential
CS	Country Specific
PS	Plant Specific data

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In NFR 2.B.3, NO_x and CO emissions from the production of adipic acid are reported. As there are only three producers of adipic acid data provided by them has to be treated as confidential. Therefore only CO and NO_x emissions could be reported.

Method

As this source category is a key category for N₂O, plant specific activity data are applied here according to the IPCC guidelines. These data are made available basically via a co-operation agreement with the adipic acid producers.
A single data Collection of plant specific NO_x and CO emissions and related emission factors of one year (2016) was sufficent as the emissions are below the threshold of significance. The emission factors are applied to the whole time series for every plant.

Recalculations

No recalculation activities were necessary.

Planned improvements

No category-specific improvements are planned.