AM-94-12 PRODUCT IN-LINE BLENDING AND THE CLEAN AIR ACT: A SINGLE SOURCE, INTEGRATED PROJECT MANAGEMENT APPROACH

Description:

The 1990 Amendments to the Clean Air Act will have a major impact on the composition of transportation fuels in the United States. Some refiners are finding that their entire offsite oil movements system needs to be evaluated in order to ensure compliance with the new fuel regulations while optimizing the use of existing facilities. This analysis usually encompasses process unit rundown systems, storage tank allocation considerations and product blending and shipping facilities. In some cases a review of the ability of upstream process units to produce gasoline components that meet the emission standards of the EPA simple and complex models is also required. Most projects that result from these studies involve automated in-line product blenders utilizing state-of-the-art control concepts, software and fast-response process analyzers.