Gulf Coast Air & Wastewater Mgmt

PetroMAS Engineering: Air Emissions & Wastewater Management

Clients ITC, PetroUnited, Stinnes, TACB

Location Gulf Coast of U.S.A.

Program Emissions estimating software, studies and treatment designs

Duration 1975 - 1982

Scope Environ. Audits, Petrochem. Waste-water Treatment System Designs, developed software to inventory storage emissions

Role Process Engineer, worked under Jerry Roach P.E. (now deceased)

Tasks Environmental Audits

Under contract to the State of Texas Air Control Board, did analyses of point emissions from aluminum pot-lines, kraft paper mills, fertilizer plants. Compared fence-line calculated emissions to field data, mass balances on point sources.

Performed annual environmental audits for ILTA clients, advising them of best practice opportunities to improve.

Wastewater Treatment

Petrochemical storage wastewaters vary significantly in their composition as different product tanks are washed out. Developed biological treatment systems characterized by long retention for slow-degradation kinetics, choice of activated sludge or trickle filter, and bull-rushes in channel ditches for polishing heavy metals.

Emissions Inventories

in BASIC (pre-PC days) developed point-source emission calculation software based on EPA "TANKS" and "AP-42", including summary tabulating emissions for all products. Capability to quickly change identity of stored products,
and re-compute entire emissions inventory total.

Texas Air Control Board Study

Formal report for TACB quantifying emissions compliance at fenceline from calculating process vents of aluminum pot-lines, wood pulp Kraft mills and fertilizer sulfuric acid units.

Clients	ITC, PetroUnited, Stinnes, TACB
Location	Gulf Coast of U.S.A.
Program	Emissions estimating software, studies and treatment designs
Duration	1975 - 1982
Scope	Environ. Audits, Petrochem. Waste-water Treatment System Designs, developed software to inventory storage emissions
Role	Process Engineer, worked under Jerry Roach P.E. (now deceased)
Tasks	Environmental Audits Under contract to the State of Texas Air Control Board, did analyses of point emissions from aluminum pot-lines, kraft paper mills, fertilizer plants. Compared fence-line calculated emissions to field data, mass balances on point sources. Performed annual environmental audits for ILTA clients, advising them of best practice opportunities to improve. Wastewater Treatment Petrochemical storage wastewaters vary significantly in their composition as different product tanks are washed out. Developed biological treatment systems characterized by long retention for slow-degradation kinetics, choice of activated sludge or trickle filter, and bull-rushes in channel ditches for polishing heavy metals. Emissions Inventories in BASIC (pre-PC days) developed point-source emission calculation software based on EPA "TANKS" and "AP-42", including summary tabulating emissions for all products. Capability to quickly change identity of stored products, and re-compute entire emissions inventory total. Texas Air Control Board Study Formal report for TACB quantifying emissions compliance at fenceline from calculating process vents of aluminum pot-lines, wood pulp Kraft mills and fertilizer sulfuric acid units.