(145c) Emission Monitoring and Plant Integrity Enhancement

Historically, refineries and chemical plants contribute significantly to emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) and Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs). With the increasingly stringent regulations and laws, emission management has to go beyond the traditional Continuous Emissions Monitoring System (CEMS), Leak Detection and Repair (LDAR) approach to prevent potential emission events.

To comply with the new requirement, one prescriptive approach is to enhance plant integrity. Alternative monitoring technologies, such as wireless sensing, optical sensing, facilities the engineers and operators to identify the leaks/emissions conveniently. Information technology, such as industrial 4.0, data analysis and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) enables the process industry to communicate and interact effectively. By integrating these technologies, plant integrity, such as predictive analytics, predictive maintenance can be conducted to improve Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) of process industry.

This presentation describes the relevant environment regulations, emission monitoring practices, and state-of-art emission management technologies, such as predictive flare control and predictive maintenance. Cases of deployments will also be discussed in this presentation.