Emission characteristics of VOCs from three fixed-roof p-xylene liquid storage tanks
| Autor: | Hsiaoyun Huang, Chungsying Lu, Shihchieh Hsu, Shenteng Chang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Air Pollutants
Volatile Organic Compounds Environmental engineering General Medicine Liquid storage tank Xylenes Management Monitoring Policy and Law Risk Assessment Pollution p-Xylene chemistry.chemical_compound chemistry Volume (thermodynamics) Petroleum Pollution Volatilization Liquid storage Roof Liquid height Environmental Monitoring General Environmental Science |
| Zdroj: | Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 185:6819-6830 |
| ISSN: | 1573-2959 0167-6369 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10661-013-3067-9 |
| Popis: | This study evaluates emission characteristics of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) caused by standing loss (L S) and working loss (L W) of three vertical fixed-roof p-xylene (p-X) liquid tanks during 1-year storage and filling operation. The annual net throughput of the tanks reached 70,446 t, resulting in 9,425 kg of p-X vapor emission including 5,046 kg of L S (53.54 %) and 4,379 kg of L W (46.46 %). The estimated L W of AP-42 displayed better agreement with the measured values of a VOC detector than the estimated L S of AP-42. The L S was best correlated with the liquid height of the tanks, while the L W was best correlated with the net throughput of the tanks. As a result, decreasing vapor space volume of the tanks and avoiding high net throughput of the tanks in a high ambient temperature period were considered as effective means to lessen VOC emission from the fixed-roof organic liquid storage tank. |
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