EPA-ICAC Industrial Roundtable December 3, 2015 …...December 3, 2015 RTP Jeffrey W. Burdette...

EPA-ICAC Industrial Roundtable

December 3, 2015

RTP

Jeffrey W. Burdette

Monitor atmospheric levels

Atmospheric lifetime (12 years)

GWP 28-36 times CO2 – 100 year term

Fugitive and area sources most significant (EPA inventory)

Product losses ($)

White House strategy (March 2014)

Colorado rule (February 2014)

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Note: All emission estimates from the

Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas

Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2013.

Emissions measurement

Emissions inventories

Cost effective sensing technology

Expand NOAA ambient monitoring network

Calls for improved methane measurements

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OGI (FLIR/Infrared camera)

EPA Method 21

LDAR (OVA, THC, etc)

Approved instrument based devices or methods only

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Multifunction gas detectors (thermal conductivity, flame ionization, catalytic oxidation)

TDLAS – IR (Infrared) based (Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy)

IR imaging camera

DOAS – Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy – IR, UV (ultraviolet) and visible spectral regions (OPSIS)

LDAR (Leak Detection and Repair)–EPA Method 21

Component bagging

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Instrument

GF320

EyeCGas

Li-7700

LGDF200

MultiRae Lite

Microfid FID

TVA2020 FID

GEM5000

DX4040

Innova 1314

Manufacturer

FLIR Systems

OPGAL

LICOR

AXETRIS

RAE Systems

Photovac

Thermo*

Landtec

Gasmet*

California Analytical Instruments*

Technology Type

Real Time IR Camera

Real Time IR Camera

WMS/TDLAS

Near IR TDLS (Open-Path)

IR

FID

FID

IR

FTIR

PAS

PAS

FLIR

TDLAS

WMS

*ICAC Member Company

Photoacoustic IR Spectroscopy

Forward Looking Infrared Imaging camera company

Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy

Wavelength Modulation Spectroscopy

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European Technology

SOF – Solar Occultation Flux-sunbased similar in principle to DIAL (Differential Absorption LIDAR*)

Combines SOF, mobile UV DOAS, extractive FTIR and IR cameras (leaks)

Measure emissions from an industrial complex with an optical “bubble”

Verify that point source and fugitive emissions = the “optical bubble”

Landfill methane emissions surveys

Gas compressor stations and well pads

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*LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) – Measures distance by illuminating a target with laser light and analyzing reflected light

Joint program – Penn State AND NOAA

Aircraft, fixed towers, and ground vehicles

Use of Picarro CRDS (Cavity Ring Down Spectroscopy) for direct atmospheric CH4 measurement (IR based laser diode)

Carbon isotopes measured to identify methane source contributions

Pennsylvania Marcellus Region – 2014 to 2016

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Largest US CH4 signal viewed from space

Likely sources include oil and gas recovery venting, active coal mines, natural “seeps”, coal bed methane (l) extraction

Satellite based measurements (2003 to 2009)

Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRISng) – observes spectra of reflected light (NASA April 2015)

Hyperspectral Thermal Emission Spectrometer (HyTES) – airborne imaging in the thermal infrared part of electromagnetic spectrum (NASA April 2015)

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*CO/NM/AZ/UT

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NSPS SubpartOOOO Source

Well Site Gathering Gas Processing

Transmission

Gas Well X

CentrifugalCompressors

X X

Reciprocating Compressors

X X

PneumaticControllers

X X X

Storage Vessels X X X X

Equipment Leaks

X

Sweetening Units

X

Work practices such as green well completions

Collection and incineration of gases from tanks

Seals on pumping and transmission components

Standards for pneumatic actuators

LDAR is an important part of control strategy

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Much new instrumentation on market and coming to market

Regulatory drivers for process fugitives

Technology based on infrared spectral region used widely for fugitive emissions

Many large scale field programs to identify ground sources and quantify emissions

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Jeffrey W. Burdette, Sr. Vice PresidentAir Measurement Services Practice Leader

TRC Environmental Corporation5540 Centerview Drive, Suite 100Raleigh, NC 27606919.256.6249jburdette@trcsolutions.com

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