Peter Kerkhof, director at EEMUA, explains how to reduce vapour emissions when storing and handling volatile products
When storing volatile products in storage tanks, there are a number of situations which may result in the emissions of vapours. These may be either standing emissions or emissions when filling a tank. When you load a truck or ship, the vapours from the storage compartments are pushed out. The hydrocarbon emissions (volatile organic components or VOCs) from storage and loading operations is 30-60% of the total off all industry-generated emissions.
[caption id="attachment_58626" align="alignright" width="225"] Peter Kerkhof, director at EEMUA[/caption]
This raises a number of questions:
Do you know how much you are emitting from your terminal and loading operations?
Do you know what products you are emitting from your terminal?
Do you know your emission limits?
Why do you need to reduce emissions?
We have a duty to protect our planet and its atmosphere from pollution and damage, due to the consequential effects on people and their environment.
However, for process safety reasons, it is also necessary to operate a terminal with controlled emissions. We...
Reducing Emissions From Storage Tank & Loading Operations
