Applicant's environmental analysis for a substitute natural gas plant near Tucson, Arizona. [Plant is designed to convert liquid naphtha, a petroleum fraction, into a gas product composed principally of methane, which will be used as a substitute natural gas]

Technical Report · Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1973

OSTI ID:6208167

This document discusses investigations and conclusions relevant to the need for, the location of and the environmental factors associated with a proposed substitute natural gas (SNG) plant. The proposed plant will have a designed output of 100 million standard cubic feet per day of SNG. Detailed information is given relative to plant siting, plant layout and processes and the environmental effects of plant construction and operation. Measures taken to eliminate or mitigate adverse environmental effects and monitoring programs which will assess the existing ambient as well as plant effluents are described. Alternatives are discussed relative to the selected site, energy resources and process selection. Social and economic effects of plant construction and operation are discussed, and a summary benefit-cost analysis is given. 116 refs., 56 figs., 93 tabs.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (USA). Environmental Systems Dept.
• OSTI ID: 6208167
• Report Number(s): NP-6901008; ON: TI86901008
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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