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 The following process is also used for ammonia synthesis: The following process is also used for ammonia synthesis:
-**Partial oxidation**, which is the gasification of fractions of heavy mineral oil or vacuum residues in the production of synthetic gas.+**partial oxidation**, which is the gasification of fractions of heavy mineral oil or vacuum residues in the production of synthetic gas.
 Most plants operate using steam-reforming, with naphtha or natural gas. Only 3 % of European plants use partial oxidation. Most plants operate using steam-reforming, with naphtha or natural gas. Only 3 % of European plants use partial oxidation.
  
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 ==== Emission factor ==== ==== Emission factor ====
-For NO<sub>x</sub> and NH<sub>3</sub> and CO, the default emission factors from the CORINAIR Guidebooks of 1 kg/t NH<sub>3</sub> for NO<sub>x</sub>, 0.01kg/t NH<sub>3</sub> for NH<sub>3</sub> and 0.1 kg/t NH<sub>3</sub> for CO  are used (EEA, 2019) [(EEA, 2019: EMEP EEA Emission Inventory Guidebook 2019, Oct 2019: page 15, Table 3.2: Tier 1 emission factors for source category 2.B.1 Ammonia production)]. The CO emission factor has been newly included in this year’s submission.+For NO<sub>x</sub> and NH<sub>3</sub> and CO, the default emission factors from the CORINAIR Guidebooks of 1 kg/t NH<sub>3</sub> for NO<sub>x</sub>, 0.01kg/t NH<sub>3</sub> for NH<sub>3</sub> and 0.1 kg/t NH<sub>3</sub> for CO  are used (EEA, 2019) [(EEA, 2019: EMEP EEA Emission Inventory Guidebook 2019, Oct 2019: page 15, Table 3.2: Tier 1 emission factors for source category 2.B.1 Ammonia production)]. The CO emission factor has been newly included since last year’s submission.
  
 ===== Recalculations ===== ===== Recalculations =====
  
-With the newly included CO emission factor,  recalculations of CO have been carried out for this year's submission.The total CO emissions from 1990 to 2020 are calculated and listed in **Table 1**. +With unrevised activity data and emission factors, no recalculations have been carried out compared to last year's submission.
- +
-**Table 1**: CO emissions from ammonia production  +
-^ Year  ^  CO emission (in kt) ^ +
-| 1990  |                 0.27 | +
-| 1991  |                 0.24 | +
-| 1992  |                 0.24 | +
-| 1993  |                 0.23 | +
-| 1994  |                 0.24 | +
-| 1995  |                 0.29 | +
-| 1996  |                 0.30 | +
-| 1997  |                 0.29 | +
-| 1998  |                 0.30 | +
-| 1999  |                 0.29 | +
-| 2000  |                 0.32 | +
-| 2001  |                 0.30 | +
-| 2002  |                 0.32 | +
-| 2003  |                 0.32 | +
-| 2004  |                 0.30 | +
-| 2005  |                 0.33 | +
-| 2006  |                 0.32 | +
-| 2007  |                 0.33 | +
-| 2008  |                 0.31 | +
-| 2009  |                 0.27 | +
-| 2010  |                 0.31 | +
-| 2011  |                 0.32 | +
-| 2012  |                 0.31 | +
-| 2013  |                 0.32 | +
-| 2014  |                 0.29 | +
-| 2015  |                 0.27 | +
-| 2016  |                 0.30 | +
-| 2017  |                 0.30 | +
-| 2018  |                 0.30 | +
-| 2019  |                 0.29 | +
-| 2020  |                 0.30 |+
  
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-For **pollutant-specific information on recalculated emission estimates for Base Year and 2019**, please see the pollutant specific recalculation tables following [[general:recalculations:start|chapter 8.1 - Recalculations]].+For **pollutant-specific information on recalculated emission estimates for Base Year and 2020**, please see the pollutant specific recalculation tables following [[general:recalculations:start|chapter 8.1 - Recalculations]].
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