Chapter 7 Stationary Combustion of Fuels

This chapter focuses on methodologies that account for combustion emissions from solid (e.g., wood), liquid (e.g., liquefied petroleum gas), and gaseous (primarily natural gas) fuels in combustion devices across the residential, commercial, and industrial sectors. The combustion processes generate electricity (in local power plants) and produce heat and mechanical output to power industrial and economic activities through the operation of turbines, compressors, and reciprocating engines. The methodology used for estimating combustion emissions from the Bay Area’s refineries, power plants, and all other natural gas-driven external combustion processes are discussed in this chapter.