Predicting Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Flares - SCS Global ...
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<strong>Global</strong> Warming Potentials (GWPs(<br />
GWPs)<br />
• Relative measure of climate forcing of 1kg of<br />
substance compared to 1kg of CO 2<br />
– Usually defined on a 100 year time horizon<br />
– Established by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate<br />
Change (IPCC)<br />
– Used to make GHG calculations on a CO 2 equivalent<br />
basis<br />
<strong>Gas</strong><br />
Lifetime<br />
(years)<br />
<strong>Global</strong> Warming Potential<br />
(Time horizon in years)<br />
20 yrs 100 yrs 500 yrs<br />
Carbon dioxide CO 2<br />
1 1 1<br />
Methane CH 4<br />
12.0 62 23 7
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