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Pollution Abatement in Oil Refineries and Inorganic Chemical Industries

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Environmental Impact Assessment

Part of the book series: Eurocourses ((EUEI,volume 1))

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Essential parts of an Environmental Impact Assessment Study of an industrial activity are: (a) identification of process pollution sources and qualitative/quantitative pollutants emission assessment; (b) evaluation of pollution abatement measures; (c) fate of pollutants in the receivers; (d) environmental quality targets for the receivers. Each of these steps must be tackled both by the manufacturer and the authority in a different manner but in a continuous interaction. The manufacturer must provide the data and adequate support to the conclusions for the three first steps. The authority, however, must verify the submitted data. Sources of data for pollutant identification for various processes, estimation of pollutant emissions and effectiveness of various pollution abatement alternatives are available in the literature (EPA AP-42 provides the best collection for air emissions); the inspector must, however, have experience and be familiar with the plant to make proper judgements. Oil refinery and inorganic acid/fertilizer processes will be used as examples to illustrate the use of AP-42. The manufacturer should also prove compliance with valid environmental regulations (a short review of various pollutant emission and ambient quality standards relevant to the processes referred to above will be given). The authorities, however, must consider the existing environmental condition of the receivers and set ambient quality targets for them before evaluating the compliance of expected pollutant emissions with the environmental strategy. Examples of process modifications that simultaneously reduce pollution and operation cost for oil refineries will be given. Finally, the use of an environmental impact assessment study for pollutant emission and ambient quality monitoring will be discussed.

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Drogaris, G. (1992). Pollution Abatement in Oil Refineries and Inorganic Chemical Industries. In: Colombo, A.G. (eds) Environmental Impact Assessment. Eurocourses, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2528-4_8

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