Combustion

Stationary fuel combustion sources are devices that combust solid, liquid, or gaseous fuel, generally for the purposes of producing electricity, generating steam, providing useful heat or energy for industrial, commercial or institutional use. They also include any appliances that reduce the volume of waste by removing combustible matter. The common fuels burned in these appliances are natural or LP gas, fuel oil, kerosene, wood, or coal. The types and amounts of pollutants produced depend upon the type of appliance, how well the appliance is installed, maintained, and vented, and the kind of fuel it uses.

These sources include, but are not limited to, boilers, simple and combined-cycle combustion turbines, engines, incinerators, and process heaters. Combustion pollutants can also come from vented or unvented combustion appliances. These appliances include space heaters, gas ranges and ovens, furnaces, gas water heaters, gas clothes dryers, wood or coal-burning stoves, and fireplaces. As a group these are called "combustion appliances."

Under the Final Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Rule, owners and operators of certain facilities that directly emit GHG are required to report those GHG emissions if their facility contains one or more stationary fuel combustion sources. This mandates the reporting of CO2, CH4, and N2O mass emissions from each stationary fuel combustion unit.

This applies to two groups of facilities. The first is if the aggregate maximum rated heat input capacity of the stationary fuel combustion units at the facility is 30 mmBtu/hr or greater. The second is if the facility emits 25,000 metric tons CO2e or more per year in combined emissions from all sources.

For these facilities, the annual GHG report must cover all source categories and GHGs for which calculation methodologies are provided in for the new GHG rule.

Additional requirements associated with the new rule also mandate that owners and operators of such facilities must keep on file, in a format suitable for inspection and auditing, sufficient data to verify the reported GHG emissions. This information must also be included in the annual GHG emissions report, though the record keeping responsibilities extend to other GHG data, including quarterly records of captured CO2 streams.

To ensure the safe and accurate record keeping of your GHG emission data and the up to date reporting across your multiple facilities, you need a powerful data management tool that will allow you to stay on top of your compliance situation. Remove the need for burdensome, awkward and unreliable spreadsheets and allow ERA's data management software to keep you in control of your GHG emissions.

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