Estimation of carbon footprints from diesel generator emissions

Author

Jakhrani, A.Q. ; Othman, A.-K. ; Rigit, A.R.H. ; Samo, S.R. ; Kamboh, S.A.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Eng., Univ. Malaysia Sarawak, Kota Samarahan, Malaysia

fYear

2012

fDate

7-8 July 2012

Firstpage

78

Lastpage

81

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to estimate the amount of carbon footprints emitted from diesel generators in terms of carbon dioxide. A constant load demand of 1.05 kW per hour (6.3 kW/day) with six hours of operation of a diesel generator per day was selected for this analysis. The fuel consumption rate and carbon footprints in terms of carbon dioxide (CO₂) were determined. It was discovered that emission of carbon footprints increased by five folds as emission factor was increased from 1 kg to 5 kgCO₂/liter. Similarly, the increment of a single kW rated power diesel generator at a constant emission factor increases 1.1 to 1.2 times carbon footprint emissions. It is revealed that the efficiency of diesel generator is inversely proportional to its rated power, fuel consumption rate and CO₂ emissions. Therefore, the rated power of selected diesel generator should be close to the required load demand.

Keywords

air pollution; carbon compounds; diesel-electric generators; CO₂; carbon dioxide; carbon footprint emissions; carbon footprints estimation; diesel generator emissions; emission factor; fuel consumption rate; load demand; Carbon dioxide; Electricity; Fuels; Generators; Global warming; Photovoltaic systems; carbon dioxide emissions; carbon footprints; diesel generator; fuel consumption rate;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Green and Ubiquitous Technology (GUT), 2012 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Jakarta

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-2172-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GUT.2012.6344193

Filename

6344193