Paper Title :Estimation Of Greenhouse Gases Emission From Household Energy Consumption Of A Rural Community In Thailand
Author :Benjawan Mahittirook, Nat Kasayapanand, Janthana Kunchornrat
Article Citation :Benjawan Mahittirook ,Nat Kasayapanand ,Janthana Kunchornrat ,
(2016 ) " Estimation Of Greenhouse Gases Emission From Household Energy Consumption Of A Rural Community In Thailand " ,
International Journal of Advances in Science, Engineering and Technology(IJASEAT) ,
pp. 14-18,
Volume-4,Issue-1
Abstract : According to current environmental degradation, it was stemmed from several significant causes such as energy
production and consumption for different activities as well as climate change. These reasons seemed to be more severe until
they become global environment issues. However, Thailand participated in Kyoto Protocol to proceed Clean Development
Mechanism (CDM) to reduce greenhouse gas emission. Therefore, the researcher aimed to investigate amount of each kind
of energy consumption and activities stemmed from average energy consumption per household. The study was conducted in
Lam Nam Nan Self Supporting Settlement, Uttaradit Province, Thailand. Then the data were calculated to figure out the
amount of greenhouse gas emission from the average energy consumption per household including carbon dioxide, methane
and nitrous oxide. The amount of greenhouse gas emission was processed from emission factor obtained from combustion of
each kind of energy, except electricity. It was because the value was calculated and adjusted regarding the ratio of fuel
consumption of power generation of Thailand. Moreover, expenses caused by environmental effects were also estimated to
adjust the proportion of greenhouse gas emission into tCO2eq. After that, it was computed with carbon tax to reflect the social
cost of climate change due to the greenhouse gas emission in the atmosphere. The results found that the most energy
consumption included diesel oil, followed by electricity and charcoal at 247, 171, 131 kgoe/year, respectively, and the total
energy consumption per household was at 805 kgoe/year. When calculating the amount of greenhouse gas emission per
household as tCO2eq, it found that the quantity of greenhouse gas in tCO2eq was mostly came from the consumption of
electricity and diesel oil at 1,203 and 786 kg/year, respectively. Moreover, the amount of greenhouse gas emission per
household as tCO2eq was 3,455 kg/year and the environmental cost per household was 1,669 Baht/year. When considering
each activity consuming the energy, the result showed that the amount of energy consumption, the greenhouse gas emission
and the expenses caused by environmental effect was mostly stemmed from cooking, transportation. Consequently, there
should be a campaign to decrease the consumption of electricity and oil that would be helpful to alleviate the effects of
greenhouse gas emission and environmental cost which might be collected as the carbon tax in the future.
Keywords- Energy Consumption, Greenhouse Gas Emission, Global Warming, Carbon Tax.
Type : Research paper
Published : Volume-4,Issue-1
DOIONLINE NO - IJASEAT-IRAJ-DOIONLINE-3632
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