CATEGORY: ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Environ. Sci. Technol., Just Accepted
Manuscript, Publication Date (Web): September 26, 2012
Model
to investigate energy and greenhouse gas emissions implications of refining
petroleum: impacts of crude quality and refinery configuration
Jessica P. Abella and Joule A. Bergerson
Abstract
Authors
present the Petroleum Refinery Life-cycle Inventory Model (PRELIM), designed to
quantify energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions with the detail and
transparency sufficient to inform policy analysis. PRELIM improves on prior
models by representing a more comprehensive range of crude oil quality and
refinery configuration.
It uses publicly available information, and is supported by refinery
operating data and experts’ input. Authors demonbstrate the potential use of
PRELIM through a scenario analysis to explore the implications of processing
crudes of different qualities, focusing on oil sands products, in various
refinery configurations.
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