Controlling hydrocarbon emissions from tank vessel loading

Conference · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:7000510

Bookman, C A ^[1]

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1. National Research Council, Washington, DC (US)

Three national air quality issues pertain especially to tank vessels. These issues are described in the paper. The focus of this assessment is on the safety, operational, and cost implications of placing controls on vapor emissions from the loading and ballasting of tankships and tank barges carrying liquids such as volatile hydrocarbons. The study discussed was initiated at the request of the United States Coast Guard, which had identified a number of safety and operational concerns. Safety concerns include the risk of fire and explosion associated with handling vapors that may be in the explosive range, and the dangers and accompanying risks associated with overloading and spills. Operational concerns include the need for possibly costly modifications to vessel and loading terminals, better qualification, training, and management of personnel, and improved operational controls to ensure safety. Another potential problem is the possibility that regulations in different locations could require equipment and procedures that could be incompatible with one another.

• OSTI ID: 7000510
• Report Number(s): CONF-880679-
• Resource Relation: Conference: 81. annual meeting of Air Pollution Control Association, Dallas, TX (USA), 19-24 Jun 1988; Other Information: Report 88-135.1; Related Information: Volume 8
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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