Monitoring of hydrocarbon emissions in a petroleum refinery.
In a petroleum refinery the hydrocarbon emissions which are mostly fugitive in nature are emitted from process, offsites and periodic accidental releases such as: materials storage & handling, process, equipment leaks, solvent evaporation, combustion sources, waste treatment etc. In India, the monitoring of such emissions in a refinery are limited as also the standards are not set for its limit in ambient air. Hence there is an urgent need for generating a database for such emissions. Recently in India, MoEF/CPCB has set some guidelines under CREP rules for monitoring such emissions in a refinery. A detailed monitoring of the hydrocarbon emissions from different sources in a typical 10.5 MMTPA Indian refinery is undertaken during 1999-2001 and the results are presented. It is observed that the storage tank emissions alongwith process leaks form the major contributor towards fugitive hydrocarbon emissions.
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National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur, India. naaqm_ngp@sancharnet.in
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D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D000397:Air Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D019652:Extraction and Processing Industry; D006838:Hydrocarbons / Q000032:analysis*; D007194:India; D010578:Petroleum
D000393:Air Pollutants; D006838:Hydrocarbons; D010578:Petroleum