Cheaper, faster, and smarter: Next-generation LDAR programs

EM: Air and Waste Management Association's Magazine for Environmental Managers

Volumn , Issue APR, 2006, Pages 46-48

  Siegell, Jeffery ^a   Ritter, Karin ^b   Taback, Hal ^c   Lev On, Miriam ^d  

^a ExxonMobil Corporation   (United States)

^b AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Hal Taback Company   (United States)

^d LEVON Group LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA); FUGITIVE EMISSIONS; LEAK DETECTION AND REPAIR (LDAR); OPTICAL IMAGING INSTRUMENTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HELICOPTERS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; OPTICAL IMAGE STORAGE; PIPING SYSTEMS; REPAIR; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

LEAK DETECTION;

EID: 33749454839     PISSN: 10889981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (9)

1. Standard Test Method 21 : Determination of Volatile Organic Compound Leaks. 40 CFR Part 60, Appendix A.
2. Epperson, D.I., Protocol for Equipment Leak Emission Estimates; EPA-453/R-95-017; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, November 1995.
3. Bursey, J.; Dayton, D.-P.; Fanjoy, J. Training and Certification of EPA Method 21 Operators; EPA-600/R-97/013; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, March 1997.
4. Hal Taback Company Analysis of Refinery Screening Data; Publication Number 310; American Petroleum Institute, November 1997.
5. Taback, H.J.; Siegell, J.H.; Ritter, K. Los Angeles Refinery Fugitive Emissions, Have They Changed After Six Years of LDAR? Presented at the A&WMA/EPA Specialty Conference, The Emissions Inventory; Planning for the Future, October 1997, Research Triangle Park, NC.
6. ICF Consulting Smart Leak Detection and Repair (LDAR) for Control of Fugitive Emissions; American Petroleum Institute, June 2004.
7. Standards of Performance for Equipment Leaks of VOC in Petroleum Refineries, New Source Performance Standard. 40 CFR 60, Section GGG, 1990.
8. Monte Carlo Simulation Approach for Evaluating Alternative Work Practices for Equipment Leak; Final Report; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation, 1999.
9. Lev-on, M.; Taback, H.; Epperson, D.; Siegell, J.; Gilmer, L.; Ritter, K. Methods for Quantification of Mass Emissions from Leaking Process Equipment When Using Optical Imaging for Leak Detection; Environ. Prog.; March 2006, in print.