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Emissions from floating roof storage tanks

Emissions from floating roof storage tanks

Emissions from floating roof storage tanks

(OP)
I believe that there exists a API standard for estimating the emissions from a floating roof crude oil storage tank but i cant remember the number.

Anybody here know this - or has other usefull info regarding estimating emissions from floating roof storage tanks?

I have read this post: http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=43595 but it seems not to deal with floating roof tanks.

Best regards

Morten

RE: Emissions from floating roof storage tanks

API MPMS 19.2 is what you need.  The title is "Evaporative Losses from Floating Roof Tanks".  It is available from API zt (800) 854-7179 or Global Engineering Documents at http://global.ihs.com, put API 19.2 in the search field.  The info in 19.2 is also in the EPA AP-42 document found at http://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/ap42/ch07/

RE: Emissions from floating roof storage tanks

Mort,

There is a very good article on this weblink about emissions estimates:

http://www.cepmagazine.org/pdf/080144.pdf

The author offers an EXCEL spreadsheet template to automate the process....

Gimmie a star

MJC

  

RE: Emissions from floating roof storage tanks

Seems silly to use a shortcut method that an EPA region may not accept when Tanks4 is a free program available on the EPA web site.

RE: Emissions from floating roof storage tanks

(OP)
Im not really worried about EPA - but there may be a similar Danish agency to worry about

Anyway. Thans for the comments links etc. Will give me something to work with after christmas.

Merry christmas

Morten

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