2. Barrett OโDonovan
Barrett O'Donovan brings over 14 years in business development, account
and project management. With a Bachelors of Arts in Political Science, he
led teams across the U.S. and Canada for Fortune 1000 and large private
companies.
As a new business development manager, he has expanded company
footprints to new territories and has uncovered and successfully penetrated
new vertical markets.
Barrett will focus on increasingCatalytic Products presence in the following
vertical markets:
Natural Gas Processing
Foundry & Sand Coating
Automotive & Spray Coating
Waste to Energy
3. RichardTruzpek
Mr.Trzupek has twenty-eight (28) years of experience in the field of air
pollution measurement, consulting, and permitting. He has designed and
managed a variety of air pollution measurement projects at facilities
across the United States. He has lectured on behalf of the USEPA
Emission Measurement Technical Information Center (EMTIC) on
measurement-related issues and has also developed several new
measurement techniques. Mr.Trzupek has served as lead consultant
representing a variety of industries in litigation-based programs and
frequently serves as the facilitator for effective action between the
facility and regulators.
His permitting experience has involved not only the preparation of the
permit document, but includes the collection of data, management, and
organization of data, development of compliance strategies, negotiation
with regulatory and enforcement personnel and effective
implementation of emissions management programs designed to
maintain facility compliance with permit terms.
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4. ReleasedApril 2014
Prepared by: Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
(OAQPS)
Target:
๏ง Methane Emissions
๏ง Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Emissions
โPre regulatory developmentโ step in the process
7. Natural gas well regulations already in place (Subpart OOOO)
National emissions estimates from fracked oil well
completions:
๏ง Methane: 44,000 tpy to 247,000 tpy
๏ง VOC: 37,000 tpy to 116,000 tpy
Methane = Greenhouse gas issue
VOC = Ozone standard issue
8. EPA suggests โgreen completionsโ may be feasible in some
cases
๏ง Recognition that certain pressure/gas content combinations may
present obstacle
Other possibilities:
๏ง Gas reinjection
๏ง NGL recovery
๏ง Use gas to generate on-site power
9. Validity of emissions estimates
Feasibility of green completions
Other means of methane/VOC control at wellhead?
Current/future availability of infrastructure at oil plays
11. 86,000 tonnes โ natural gas productions
724,000 tonnes โ natural gas processing
1,260,000 tonnes โ natural gas transmission and storage
TOTAL > 2,000,000 tonnes (~50,000,000 tonnes as CO2e)
12. Reciprocating compressors
๏ง Rod seal maintenance
๏ง Capture and return to process
Centrifugal compressors
๏ง Encourage (require?) dry seals
๏ง Encourage (require?) capture and recovery if wet seals used
13. Validity of emissions estimates
Technical/financial feasibility of controls suggested
Other options?
15. Methane:
๏ง 332,000 tonnes โ natural gas production
๏ง 34,000 tonnes โ natural gas processing
๏ง 114,000 tonnes โ natural gas transmission
VOC?
Estimation methodology very sketchy
16. Move leak detection from portable analyzers to Optical Gas
Imaging (OGI)
๏ง Eg: IR and FLIR cameras
More ambient monitoring
Claim that effective leak detection pays for itself
17. Validity of emissions estimates
Site/equipment sensitivity to leaks
Other leak detection technologies available?
Cost estimates reasonable?
19. Older, lower pressure wells targeted
๏ง Small number of wells = majority of GHG andVOC emissions
๏ง Some (not all) blowdowns produce large amounts of emissions
EPA says industry developing new technologies to reduce
blowdowns
๏ง E.g.: plunger lifts
20. Validity of emissions estimates
Further information of types of wells that produce more
emissions
Additional technologies to reduce emissions?
Feasibility of combustion controls?
22. Look at controllers and pumps
Encourage (require?) more low bleed controllers
Encourage (require?) more electric generation in field to
provide instrument air
23. Validity of emissions estimates
Feasibility of emissions reductions techniques
Barriers to installing electric generation/instrument air in field
28. โขTime - Typically .5-1.5 seconds
โขTemperature โ Typically 1300-1600 F
โขTurbulence - Mixing to achieve temperature uniformity
How is oxidation achieved?
32. Historically: Flares commonly used forVOC and methane control
๏ง Cheap
๏ง No test requirement
Now EPA pushing for process safety use only
๏ง Flares not as efficient as thought
๏ง Flare minimization programs on the rise
33. Inlet DispersionCone
FloatingTube Primary Heat
Exchanger
Stainless SteelTubes
HighVelocity
CombustionTube
Pressurization Chamber / Seal
BurnerCone
CombustionTube Internal Insulation
Hot Gas Bypass Damper
Exhaust Outlet
34. ๏ Over 99%VOC Removal Efficiency
๏ Shell &Tube heat exchanger = 70% thermal efficiency
๏ No moving parts
๏ Accepts higherVOC concentrations
๏ Able to handle upset conditions
38. ๏ Up to 99% Destruction Efficiency
๏ 95%Thermal Efficiency
๏ Near zero fuel use in self sustain mode
๏ Prepackaged drop in place designs available
39.
40. THERMAL
COMBUSTOR
Low capital cost
Waste gas as fuel
Potential high
operating cost
Simple โ no
moving parts
REGENERATIVE
THERMAL
Highest thermal
efficiency- 95%
Lowest
operating cost
Highest capital
cost
Complex has
moving parts
Highest
destruction
efficiency
Heat Recovery
Potential high
Operating Cost
No moving parts
THERMAL
RECUPERATIVE
41. Barrett OโDonovan
Catalytic Products International
980 Ensell Rd
Lake Zurich, IL 60047
847-438-0334
bodonovan@cpilink.com
www.cpilink.com
RichTrzupek
Trinity Consultants
1S660 Midwest Rd., Ste 250
OakbrookTerrace, IL 61081
630-495-1470
rtrzupek@trinityconsultants.com
www.trinityconsultants.com
Editor's Notes
FIVE DIFFERENT THERMAL OXIDIZERS ALL BASED ON OUR PROVEN QUADRANT SERIES SYSTEMS
FIVE DIFFERENT THERMAL OXIDIZERS ALL BASED ON OUR PROVEN QUADRANT SERIES SYSTEMS
FIVE DIFFERENT THERMAL OXIDIZERS ALL BASED ON OUR PROVEN QUADRANT SERIES SYSTEMS
THERMAL COMBUSTORS ARE SPEICALLIZED THERMAL OXIDIZERS DEISGNED TO SAFELY AND ECONOMICALLY PROCESS LOW VOLUME โ HIGH BTU OFF GAS
THESE SYSTEMS ARE DESIGNED TO PROCESS VENT STREAMS IN EXCESS OF 50% LEL WITHOUT MONITORS OR ADDITIONAL DILUTION AIR
THREE DIFFERENT STYLES OF RTO โ EACH OFFERING DIFFERENT PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS
THREE DIFFERENT STYLES OF RTO โ EACH OFFERING DIFFERENT PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS