Destruction Efficiency

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-007774",
  "term": "Destruction Efficiency",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Efficiency with which a destruction device reduces the mass of a greenhouse gas fed into the device. Destruction efficiency, or flaring destruction efficiency, refers to the fraction of the gas that leaves the flare partially or fully oxidized. The destruction efficiency is expressed in Equation A-2 of this section: [Please see PDF for image: ER01DE10.001] where:DE = Destruction EfficiencytGHGiIN = The mass of GHG i fed into the destruction devicetGHGiOUT = The mass of GHG i exhausted from the destruction device.\n\n2. Efficiency of an abatement system to destroy or remove fluorinated GHGs, N2O, or both. The destruction or removal efficiency is equal to one minus the ratio of the mass of all relevant GHGs exiting the abatement system to the mass of GHG entering the abatement system. When GHGs are formed in an abatement system, destruction or removal efficiency is expressed as one minus the ratio of amounts of exiting GHGs to the amounts entering the system in units of CO2-equivalents (CO2e).",
  "abbreviation": "DE",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 98.6 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 98.98 (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/destruction-efficiency/"
}