Hydrocarbon leak equipment

In addition, some processes create considerable amounts of particulate matter and other emissions from catalyst regeneration or decoking processes. Volatile chemicals and hydrocarbons are also released from equipment leaks, storage tanks, and wastewaters. Other cleaning units, such as the installation of filters, electrostatic precipitators, and cyclones, can mitigate part of the problem. 

Governments from around the world agreed to eliminate or minimize use of toxic chemicals that persist in the environment, now called persistent organic pollutants (POPs), which include many chlorinated hydrocarbons such as DDT and PCBs. The accord allows some developing countries to continue using DDT for controlling malaria. It also allows use of PCBs in electrical equipment until 2025, provided the equipment is maintained to prevent leaks. 

Friedrich and Obermeier, 1999). Many of these processes release volatile hydrocarbons directly to the atmosphere and additional releases to the atmosphere as well as to the geosphere occur because of leaks from equipment and spills. 

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An operating superintendent was once asked what his primary responsibility was. He replied, To keep (he hydrocarbons inside the pipes and vessels." Corrosion of process lines and equipment is the major source of leaks in a refinery. If it were not for continuous and varied corrosion, most of the technical and maintenance employees in a refinery could be eliminated. 

Perform job hazard analyses (JHAs) prior to beginning work to determine potential hazards of the job and their controls such as leaking flammable vapors from equipment that had previously contained hydrocarbons, control of ignition sources, working in excavations, and lockout/tagout. 

A hydrocarbon detector should be placed in the cooling tower plume. This will notify the operators that there is a leak in the system (although it can be difficult to know which particular equipment item is leaking. 

When a leak occurs between the process and one of the utility systems, it is often difficult to track down the source of the leak. For example, it is quite common to place a hydrocarbon detector in the plume from a cooling tower. Then, if one of the process coolers or condensers leaks, the detector will detect the presence of hydrocarbons. The difficulty lies in knowing which of the equipment items is leaking. 

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