Table A11. Factors Used To Estimate Methane and Nitrous Oxide
Emissions from Burning of
Crop Residues
| Crop Type | Ratio of Residue to Crop Volume | Dry Matter Content (Percent) |
Carbon Content (Percent) |
Nitrogen Content (Percent) |
| Barley | 1.2 | 85.0 | 45.7 | 0.43 |
| Beans | 2.1 | 85.4 | c45.0 | a2.30 |
| Corn | 1.0 | 78.0 | 47.1 | 0.81 |
| Oats | 1.3 | b90.1 | a42.0 | a0.84 |
| Peas | 1.5 | b90.2 | c45.0 | c2.30 |
| Peanuts | 1.0 | 90.1 | c42.3 | c1.10 |
| Potatoes | 0.4 | c86.7 | 42.3 | 1.10 |
| Rice | 1.4 | 85.0 | 41.4 | 0.67 |
| Rye | 1.6 | c90.0 | c48.5 | c0.70 |
| Sorghum | 1.4 | 88.0 | a34.0 | d0.85 |
| Soybeans | 2.1 | 86.7 | a44.0 | d2.30 |
| Sugar Beets | 0.2 | c90.0 | 40.7 | 2.28 |
| Sugar Cane | 1.2 | 37.2 | 47.0 | 0.19 |
| Wheat | 1.3 | 85.0 | 48.5 | 0.28 |
| Sources: A. Strehler and W. Stutzle, "Biomass Residues," in D. Hall and R. Overend (eds.), Biomass: Regenerable Energy (Chichester, UK: John Wiley and Sons, 1987), except where indicated by: (a) C. Li, S. Frolking, and R. Harriss, "Modeling Carbon Biogeochemistry in Agricultural Soils," Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Vol. 8 (September 1994); (b) E. Darley, Emission Factors from Burning Agricultural Wastes Collected in California, Final Report, CAL/ARB Project 4-011 (Riverside, CA: University of California, 1977); (c) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-1993, EPA 230-R-94-014 (Washington, DC, September 1994); (d) G. Barnard, "Use of Agricultural Residues as Fuel," in J. Pasztor and L. Kristoferson (eds.), Bioenergy and the Environment (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1990). | ||||