Table 2 Emission factors (g kWh−1) for various power generation technologies and fuel types

From: Solutions for decarbonising urban bus transport: a life cycle case study in Saudi Arabia

 

Oil-fired power plant

Gas-fired power plant

Emissions

CC turbine

Steam turbinea

Diesel generator

Gas turbine

Steam turbinea

SC turbinea

CC turbinea

VOC

0.0283

0.0113

0.6885

0.1099

0.0251

0.0171

0.0044

CO

0.1036

0.1588

2.1140

1.7568

0.2544

0.2544

0.0150

NOx

1.7343

3.3541

13.6142

4.6571

0.4669

0.4669

0.1739

PM10

0.1553

0.0814

0.8137

0.2898

0.0062

0.0062

0.0033

PM2.5

0.1353

0.1130

0.8318

0.2524

0.0062

0.0062

0.0033

SOx

0.5719

5.5351

0.4835

1.0669

0.0073

0.0073

0.0039

BC

0.0062

0.0083

0.1248

0.0151

0.0059

0.0012

0.0005

OC

0.0041

0.0058

0.3244

0.0101

0.0152

0.0276

0.0112

CH4

0.0257

0.0662

0.0704

0.0480

0.0124

0.0124

0.0066

N2O

0.0054

0.0517

0.0690

0.0102

0.0124

0.0124

0.0067

CO2

480b

1010

760b

760b

679

679

364

  1. aThe emissions factor data was primarily sourced from the Ecoinvent database and the GREET model, except for CO2, for which our assumptions are based on the CO2 emission factor of other power plants.
  2. bThe CO2 emission factor was obtained from the literature5.
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