2.B.3 - Adipic Acid Production

Short description

In source category NFR 2.B.3 - adipic acid production NOx 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. Due to that, only emissions could be reported.

Category Code Method AD EF
2.B.3 T3 PS C
Key Category SO₂ NOₓ NH₃ NMVOC CO BC Pb Hg Cd Diox PAH HCB TSP PM₁₀ PM₂.₅
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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


Method

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

Activity Data

Due to confidentiality concerns, this data is not made public (see short description).

Emission factors

Due to confidentiality concerns, this data is not made public (see short description).

Recalculations

No recalculation activities were necessary.

Planned improvements

No category-specific improvements are planned.