Table 3
Estimates of evaporative losses from on-road retail
gasoline outlets in Canada, 2009
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| Evaporative losses | |
|---|---|
| Operational losses, outlets (litres) |
37,200,000 Note 1 |
| Evaporative losses from working Note 2 and breathing Note 3of storage tanks (percent) | 88 |
| Residual losses Note 4 (percent) | 12 |
| Refuelling losses, vehicles Note 5 (litres) | 21,000,000 Note 6 |
| 36,600,000 to 37,700,000 litres (90% confidence interval). | |
| Losses due to the regular filling up of storage tanks by gasoline tanker trucks. | |
| Losses due to changes in temperature and pressure. | |
| Losses due to typical daily leaks and spills. | |
| Losses from vehicles' own gasoline tanks while refuelling. | |
| 20,600,000 to 21,400,000 litres (90% confidence interval). | |
36,600,000 to 37,700,000 litres
(90% confidence interval).
Losses due to the regular filling up of storage
tanks by gasoline tanker trucks.
Losses due to changes in temperature and pressure.
Losses due to typical daily leaks and spills.
Losses from vehicles' own gasoline tanks
while refuelling.
20,600,000 to 21,400,000 litres
(90% confidence interval).
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Environment Accounts and Statistics Division, Survey
of Industrial Processes, 2009, survey no. 5163.
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