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August 29, 1996
MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT: Clarification of Methodology for Calculating Potential
to Emit (PTE) for Batch Chemical Production Operations
FROM: John S. Seitz, Director
Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (MD-10)
TO: See Addressees
This guidance memorandum is to clarify the Environmental
Protection Agency’s (EPA) policy regarding the appropriate
methodology for determining PTE for batch chemical operations in
light of inherent physical limitations on such sources’ PTE
arising from the inability of a source to use a given operation
unit for the production of more than one product at a time.
Summary of Guidance
The guidance (Attachment 1) contains a discussion of the
batch chemical industry and the steps for determining a source’s
PTE. The EPA includes as part of the guidance a document
(Attachment 2) prepared by the Synthetic Organic Chemical
Manufacturers Association (SOCMA). The EPA approves the
methodology suggested by SOCMA, so long as the methodology
incorporates an appropriate list of products and raw materials.
The guidance includes a discussion of how to use the SOCMA
methodology for determining major source applicability.
Distribution//Further Information
The Regional Offices should send this memorandum to States
within their jurisdiction. Questions concerning specific issues
and cases should be directed to the appropriate Regional Office.
The Regional Office staff may contact Timothy Smith of the
Integrated Implementation Group at 919-541-4718. The document is
also available on the Technology Transfer Network Bullentin Board
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System (TTN BBS), under “Clean Air Act, Title V, Policy Guidance
Memos.” (Readers unfamiliar with this bulletin board may obtain
access by calling the TTN help line at 919-541-5384).
Attachment
Addressees:
Director, Office of Ecosystem Protection, Region I
Director, Air and Waste Management Division, Region II
Director, Air, Radiation and Toxics Division, Region III
Director, Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management
Division, Region IV
Director, Air and Radiation Division, Region V
Director, Multimedia Planning and Permitting Division, Region VI
Director, Air, RCRA and TSCA Division, Region VII
Director, Office of Pollution Prevention, State and Tribal
Assistance, Region VIII
Director, Air and Toxics Division, Region IX
Director, Office of Air, Region X
cc: Bruce Buckheit, 2242A
Randy McDonald, MD-13
Adan Schwartz, 2344
Timothy Smith, MD-12
Air Branch Chief, Regions I-X
Regional Air Counsels, Regions I-X
OECA concurred: August 22, 1996
Attachment 1
CLARIFICATION OF METHODOLOGY
FOR CALCULATING POTENTIAL TO EMIT (PTE)
FOR BATCH CHEMICAL PRODUCTION OPERATIONS
I. BACKGROUND
In a January 25, 1995 memorandum, the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) addressed a number of issues related to
the determination of a source’s PTE under section 112 and title V
of the Clean Air Act (Act). One of the issues discussed in the
memorandum was the term “maximum capacity of a stationary source
to emit under its physical and operational design,” which is part
of the definition of “potential to emit.” The EPA is currently
conducting category-specific analyses to address issues related
to the application of the “maximum capacity” principle to
specific types of sources. This memorandum provides guidance on
determining the maximum capacity of batch chemical production
facilities to emit in light of physical limitations on the
operation of individual units at such facilities.
II. TECHNICAL GUIDANCE FOR BATCH CHEMICAL PRODUCERS
Batch chemical production operations are those in which raw
materials are charged into the system at the beginning of the
process, and the products are removed all at once at the end of
the process. The production occurs in discrete batches, rather
than as a continuous process in which raw materials are
continuously being fed, and products continuously being removed.
Moreover, the addition of raw material and withdrawal of product
do not occur simultaneously in a batch operation. Systems in
batch chemical operations consist of various equipment such as re
actors, solid//liquid separators, dryers, distillation columns,
extraction devices, and crystalizers, arranged in a series. The
series (i.e., the particular equipment used and the sequence of
that equipment) and the utilization rate (i.e., the time each
piece of the equipment is in operation) may change with each
different product produced (i.e., each production cycle). Many
batch chemical facilities produce a wide variety of products.
Emissions from batch chemical production consist primarily
of volatile organic compounds (VOC) and individual volatile
organic hazardous air pollutants (HAP’s). For a given batch
production cycle which is used to produce a particular chemical
from a given set of raw materials, emissions will occur at
various unit operations in the production cycle. For a given
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production cycle, involving a specified set of raw materials,
products, and unit operations, emission estimation methods are
provided in an EPA document entitled Control of Volatile Organic
Emissions from Batch Process -- Alternative Control Techniques
Information Document (EPA-453//R-94-020, February 1994 (the Batch
ACT).
Operation units (reactors, etc.) at batch chemical plants
may not be dedicated to the production of a single chemical.
Rather, the collection of operation units at a given plant site
is available to manufacture a variety of different chemicals.
The determination of worst-case potential emissions from batch
chemical production at a given plant site, therefore, involve the
following steps:
Identification of the possible batch production cycles
that reasonably could be undertaken at the plant site
(i.e., determination of the equipment present, and the
chemicals that could be produced with that equipment);
For each batch cycle, determination of the VOC and
individual HAP emissions; and
Determination of the worst-case annual VOC and HAP
emissions, based upon the highest emitting combination
of batch production cycles that, given the facility’s
inherent inability to use one operations unit for more
than one production cycle at a time, could be
undertaken at the facility over a year’s time.
These steps are discussed in detail in a document prepared
by the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association
(SOCMA). This document is included here as Attachment 2. The
EPA believes that the SOCMA methodology is a reasonable procedure
to use for identifying worst-case potential emissions from a
given batch chemical production operation.
The EPA explicitly clarifies that in calculating the
potential to emit for batch chemical operations, it is not
necessary to determine the maximum emissions for a worst-case
hour of operation, and to multiply that value times 8760. It is
physically impossible for the process to sustain the worst-case
hourly emission rate over the entire batch and so the EPA deems
it appropriate to take into account variations in the emissions
rate over the course of the entire cycle. For this reason, in
this instance, worst-case emissions may be determined by deriving
an average rate over an entire production cycle and emissions may
be calculated based on the greatest number of batches that could
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occur in a year’s time according to the methodology in
Attachment 2.
The EPA’s approval of the methodology in Attachment 2 should
not be construed as precluding a source from proposing
alternative methodologies for calculating the PTE from batch
chemical operations.
III. USE OF THE GUIDANCE FOR DETERMINING MAJOR SOURCE
APPLICABILITY
A. List of Products that a Source is Capable of Producing
The SOCMA methodology reflects the maximum emissions from
existing equipment given a list of chemicals to be manufactured
with the equipment and given the raw materials used to
manufacture those products. The list of products and raw
materials should include all products that the source, in the
exercise of due diligence and best engineering judgment,
reasonably knows that it can produce.
The best engineering judgment regarding what a source is
capable of producing might consider, at a minimum:
1. Products that this source currently produces or has
produced in the past;
2. Products that this source reasonably can produce
without having to change the physical or operational
design of the source; and
3. Products that similar sources have produced.
However, the Agency acknowledges that a batch source cannot
reasonably evaluate whether it is capable of producing a
particular product (or what the emissions from producing that
product might be) without a certain level of process design
information. Accordingly, the Agency believes that a batch
source need only consider products for which, in the exercise of
due diligence, sufficient information is reasonably available to
generate a reasonable estimate of PTE for that product as it
might be produced at the source using the estimation methods
outlined in the Batch ACT.
For example, the question has been raised as to how to
perform a PTE calculation for chemicals that may not yet exist,
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for which there is no known use in commerce, or that may be
manufactured by others with similar equipment, but which the
source has attempted and failed to develop a process to
manufacture and so does not have sufficient information to
estimate potential emissions. The Agency’s response is that a
rule of reason applies in each of these instances and that the
PTE calculation need not include such chemicals.
Exercising its best engineering judgment as to the products
that the source is capable of producing, a source would
ordinarily not consider the following types of products:
1. Products that would require a change in the physical
design of the source to produce;
2. Chemicals which cannot reasonably be produced, including
chemicals which cannot be reasonably produced in commercially
viable quantities, chemicals which are not sold in commerce, and
chemicals for which no commercial market is reasonably
foreseeable or for which there is no known use in commerce; and
3. Products which the source may have the theoretical
physical capacity to produce, but for which the source does not
have the technical knowledge necessary to produce that product
and cannot, through the exercise of reasonable due diligence,
obtain the requisite technical knowledge.
This is not an exhaustive list of methods that a best
engineering judgment regarding what a source is capable of
producing could include. However, a list of products identified
using these methods should provide a large enough list of
products that, while the source may have overlooked a particular
product that would be used as the worst-case product, it will
likely have included another product that results in an
equivalent PTE calculation.
Inherent in many of these determinations regarding the best
engineering judgment as to which products a source should, or
should not, include in its PTE analysis is a degree of decision
making by the source. The EPA believes that a source that
exercises due diligence in making these decisions under the
criteria identified above will generate a PTE amount that can be
relied on by both the source and permitting authorities in
determining whether the source is major under the Clean Air Act’s
requirements. There may be additional justification as to why a
particular product should or should not be included in the
engineering judgment of what a source is capable of producing.
In making these engineering judgments, a source that is
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conservative in its assumptions and takes an inclusive view as to
which products it is capable of producing would have a greater
degree of certainty in its determination as to whether it is
major than a source that seeks to exclude products from its
determination. The source that takes a more conservative
approach would also be in a much better position to convince an
enforcement authority that its determination regarding the
products that it could produce was within the boundaries of its
best engineering judgment. The Agency believes that it is in the
source’s best interest to be inclusive rather than exclusive in
evaluating the worst-case set of chemicals that may be produced.
Clearly, however, whether or not the source is justified in
excluding a particular product from its initial PTE calculation,
before manufacturing any product not included in the PTE
calculation, the source must reevaluate its PTE estimate and
obtain any required permits or permit revisions. Such permitting
actions might include modifications of major or minor source
preconstruction permits.
B. Minor//Major Determination
Sources that have taken a conservative approach in
exercising their engineering judgment regarding the products that
they are capable of producing, and applied the SOCMA methodology
to these products and determined that their PTE is below a major
threshold level should be confident that they are an area source.
A rule of reason applies to the degree of rigor to be employed in
performing the analysis. For a source that concludes its PTE is
just below the major source level, the EPA recommends that the
source document any assumptions used in the engineering analysis,
and that it exercise caution not to exclude products appropriate
for inclusion under the criteria discussed above. This is
particularly important when a facility has relied on a small
number of products in its analysis as the possibility that an
overlooked product could affect PTE calculations is higher in
this instance than if the source had used a large number of
products in its PTE analysis.
For sources with PTE calculations over major threshold
levels, sources can also avoid major source status by obtaining
permits that limit their PTE to minor levels. These synthetic
minor permits can either specify the products that a source is
authorized to produce or restrict the source from producing
specific products that it is otherwise capable of producing.
Sources that have calculated their PTE at amounts just under a
major source threshold level may also want to obtain permits with
emission levels that protect them from being classified as major
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to avoid having to recalculate PTE as new products are developed
or in the event that their engineering judgment regarding the
products that they were capable of producing was in error.
C. Changes in What a Source is Capable of Producing
The situation may arise where a source learns that it is
capable of producing a product that was not included in its
engineering analysis at the time that the PTE calculation was
performed. If this new product would raise a source’s calculated
PTE, and particularly where it would raise the source’s
calculated PTE from below major levels to above major levels, the
source may have to make appropriate changes to any permit that it
currently holds or obtain an entirely new permit. If the PTE
will exceed that of a major source, the facility must then comply
with all applicable major source requirements. However if this
new product would not affect the “worst-case” PTE calculation
that the source has already performed, no further actions would
be required pursuant to Federal requirements although State
requirements may require that the source take some action such as
changing its permit terms to reflect the new product.
On the other hand, where a citizen or an enforcement
authority demonstrates that the source was reasonably capable of
producing the new product all along, the source could be found in
violation back until the point in time at which an engineering
judgment would have shown that the facility was reasonably
capable of making this product. The Agency has published general
guidance concerning good faith assumptions in potential to emit
permitting. See the June 13, 1989 memorandum, “Guidance on
Limiting Potential to Emit in New Source Permitting.”
IV. CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONAL SOURCES
The methodology in Attachment 2 relates only to emissions
from batch chemical production operations. Additional sources
may be present at a batch chemical plant and, if so, potential
emissions from such sources should be taken into account in
determining the facility’s potential to emit.
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Attachment 2.
HOW TO CALCULATE POTENTIAL EMISSIONS FROM A BATCH PROCESS TO
DETERMINE MAJOR SOURCE STATUS
UNDER THE CLEAN AIR ACT
1.0 Introduction
2.0 Five (5) Step PTE Emission Estimation Methodology
2.1 ACT Derived AERs
2.2 Percent Equipment Utilization
2.3 Interchangeable Equipment Determinations
2.4 Data Tabulation
2.5 Selection of PTE
3.0 Model PTE Calculations
SECTION 1.0--INTRODUCTION
In January 1995, the Agency published guidance on several
issues related to “potential to emit” (PTE). The Agency stated
at that time that it would issue additional category-specific
technical assistance and guidance on PTE issues.
The following guidance is being issued to assist sources
that must calculate potential emissions from batch processes.
The calculation of potential emissions from these facilities must
consider equipment utilization rates for each product//process and
their relationship to one another. The methodology is based on
equipment utilization rates and the constraints that exist in
using limited equipment to produce a finite list of manufactured
products.
The following methodology provides for documentation of both
the products manufactured and the equipment used to manufacture
these products. The methodology begins with the largest emitting
product//process and methodically rules out other processes that
cannot be manufactured at the same time. The facility should
maintain the documentation required to perform this analysis as
part of its routine recordkeeping.
SECTION 2 - EMISSION ESTIMATION METHODOLOGIES
The following five step procedure should be followed to
calculate potential to emit to determine if a batch
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processing facility is a major source. Each step is
described below.
SECTION 2.1 - CALCULATION OF PRODUCT SPECIFIC ANNUAL EMISSION
RATES FOR SPECIFIC EQUIPMENT TRAINS NEEDED TO PRODUCE SPECIFIC
PRODUCTS (STEP #1)
The USEPA's 1994 Alternatives Control Technology (ACT)
Document contains several equations for calculating
emissions for various types of batch operations. In
addition, the ACT Document implies that the following
methodology should be used for converting these emission
calculations to Annual Emission Rates (AER):
Equation 2.1:
(AER) Product M, Pollutant X =
[ACT Derived Total Emissions Per Batch x 8760 Hours//Yr]
[Time in hours required for the piece of equipment in The
Batch Train that is used the most]
Where AER = Annual Emission Rate for Pollutant X for Product
M to be produced in a specific batch train. (It should be
noted that the above calculation assumes that Product M is
the only product produced in the batch train.)
To complete Step 1, calculate the AER values for every
pollutant regulated by the Clean Air Act for every batch
train needed to produce a specific product.
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SECTION 2.2 - CALCULATION OF EQUIPMENT UTILIZATION PERCENTAGES
FOR EACH PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IN THE BATCH TRAIN NEEDED TO PRODUCE
A SPECIFIC PRODUCT (STEP #2)
Step 2 of the PTE analysis can be completed by
extracting from batch sheets the time needed to run each
piece of equipment in every batch train. The following
equation should be used to calculate percent utilization
(i.e., percentage of time required for every piece of
equipment for every product which can be produced in the
batch train):
Equation 2.2:
Percent Utilization Product M =
[100% x (Time in hours of individual piece of
equipment)]
[Maximum hours for piece of equipment with the
largest time]
For this example, the batch train for hypothetical
Product H consists of a reactor, a centrifuge, and a
dryer. Reaction, centrifugation, and drying times for
Product H are 120, 240, and 120 hours, respectively.
Therefore, using Equation 2.2, the percent utilization
for the reactor is:
100% x 120//240, or 50%.
Similarly, percent utilizations for the centrifuge and
dryer are 100% and 50%, respectively.
SECTION 2.3 - DETERMINATIONS INVOLVING INTERCHANGEABLE
EQUIPMENT (STEP #3)
To complete Step 3, identify interchangeable or
alternative equipment which can be substituted for
equipment normally used to make a particular product by
examining batch sheets. For this example, note that
reactor R-6B and centrifuge C-4 can be substituted for
reactor R-5 and centrifuge C-5.
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SECTION 2.4 - TABULATION OF AER, PERCENT
UTILIZATION, AND INTERCHANGEABLE EQUIPMENT
DETERMINATIONS (STEP #4)
Step 4 can be completed by recording, in a Batch
Percent Utilization//Emission spreadsheet, the AER values
(from Step 1) for each product that emits a regulated
pollutant. In the same spreadsheet, record percent
utilization (Step 2) for each piece of equipment which
makes up the batch train for a specific product and also
indicate interchangeable equipment (Step 3). It should
be noted that separate spreadsheets must be filled out
for each hazardous air pollutant (HAP) and for each
criteria pollutant. Examples are provided in Section 3
of this manual to help the user complete Step 4 of the
procedure.
SECTION 2.5 - SELECTION OF PTE (STEP #5)
SECTION 2.5.1 - PTE FOR A SINGLE PIECE OF BATCH
PROCESSING EQUIPMENT
PTE for a batch process which requires only a single
piece of equipment (e.g., one reactor) is equal to the
worst case Annual Emission Rate (AER) for that piece of
equipment. Worst case AER is determined by first
computing AER values for every product which can be
produced in this piece of equipment and then by selecting
the highest AER value. To summarize, PTE for a single
piece of equipment is equal to the highest AER value and
assumes that the product with the highest AER value will
be the only product produced in that piece of equipment.
SECTION 2.5.2 - PTE FOR OTHER BATCH PROCESSING FACILITIES
PTE for batch processing facility with more than one
piece of equipment must be determined by completing Step
5 of this procedure. To complete Step 5, examine the
emissions and percent utilization data for each matrix
generated in Step 4 and select maximum emissions for each
pollutant by fully utilizing all available equipment
which can be used to produce a particular product. Do
not exceed 100% utilization for any piece of equipment.
The examples in Section 3.0 will teach the user how to
fill out a Batch PTE Spreadsheet.
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SECTION 3 - MODEL PTE CALCULATIONS
A hypothetical custom chemical batch processing
facility has 23 point sources which emit 3 HAPs (toluene,
methanol and hexane) and one criteria pollutant (VOCs)
during the manufacture of 20 products (identified as
letters A through T.) To determine the applicability of
Clean Air Act requirements such as Title V permitting,
Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) standards,
and Section 112 (g) for future modifications, this
facility must determine its potential to emit and wishes
to use the recommended calculation procedures.
3.1 Calculation of Toluene PTE
By following the calculation procedures and
completing the Batch Percent Utilization Spreadsheet
described in Section 2.4 above, we can see that, as
indicated in Table 1A, toluene can be emitted from 7
batch reactors, 3 batch dryers, 2 batch centrifuges, and
1 thin film evaporator. Toluene is emitted in the
production of 7 different products.
Product G is the largest emitter of toluene and
requires batch reactor R-5 for the entire batch time
(i.e., 100% utilization). Since reactors R-5 and R-6B
are interchangeable, the maximum toluene emissions for
process G is two (2) times the toluene emission rate for
one train or 2 x 3.92 = 7.84 TPY. By making this worst
case selection, we have tied up both reactors R-5 and R-
6B 100% of the time. Therefore, no other process can be
run or considered that requires these reactors.
Consequently, only Processes C and F can be run
concurrently with Process G since all other products
require reactors R-5 or R-6B. By inspection, there is no
equipment conflict between C and F, so they can be
operated concurrently 100% of the time. Therefore, their
toluene emissions are added to twice G's emissions to
calculate a total toluene plant-wide potential to emit of
9.1 ton//year (see Batch PTE Spreadsheet Table 1B which
also serves as a final equipment conflict check).
3.2 Calculation of Methanol PTE
As indicated in Table 2A, methanol can be emitted
from 7 reactors, 3 centrifuges, 1 thin film evaporator, 4
dryers, and 2 ion exchange units. Methanol is emitted in
the production of 9 different products.
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By reviewing that Batch Percent Utilization
Spreadsheet, we can see that Product H is the largest
emitter of methanol and requires 1 batch reactor (R-5)
50% of the time, 1 dryer (D-4) 50% of the time, and 1
centrifuge (C-4) 100% of the entire batch time. However,
reactor R-5 and dryer D-4 can be run 100% of the time if
both centrifuges C-4 and C-5 are used. The maximum
methanol emissions for Product H would then be two (2)
times the methanol emission rate for one train (2 x 3.2 =
6.4 TPY).
By making this worst case assumption, we have tied
up reactor R-5, centrifuges C-4 and C-5, and dryer D-4
100% of the time. Therefore, no other process can be run
or considered that requires this equipment.
Consequently, by inspection of Table 2A, Product J can be
eliminated because it uses centrifuges C4 and C5.
Process J*s use of reactor R-5 would not itself eliminate
process J because reactor R-6B is interchangeable.
Product L can be eliminated because it uses centrifuge
C5. Products I and O can be eliminated because they both
require centrifuge C-4.
The highest methanol emitter for remaining processes
(Products E, K, M and N) is Process K which requires
reactor R-1, centrifuge C-2 and dryer D-6. Including
Process K in the PTE calculation eliminates Products M
and N which, respectively, utilize reactor R-1 and dryer
D-6.
The only remaining methanol emitter is Process E
which uses reactor R-5. Since reactor R-6B is available,
Process E is included in the total methanol PTE
calculations. Therefore, the methanol potential to emit
can be calculated by summing emissions from Processes E,
H, and K and is equal to 1.0 + 6.4 + 1.9 or 9.3 TPY
(Table II-B).
3.3 Calculation of Hexane PTE
As indicated in Table 3A, hexane can be emitted from
8 batch reactors, 2 batch centrifuges, 1 still, 1 thin
film evaporator, and 3 dryers. Hexane is emitted in the
production of 9 different products.
By reviewing that Batch Percent Utilization
Spreadsheet, we can see that Product S is the largest
emitter of hexane and requires reactor R-1 and centrifuge
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C-4 100% of the time. Therefore, no other process can be
considered that requires this equipment. Consequently,
Products D, I, L, Q, and R can be eliminated because they
all use reactor R-1.
By inspection, we can see that Product T is the next
largest emitter of hexane and should be included in the
total hexane PTE because it requires reactor R-6B 100% of
the time. However, since reactor R-5 can also be used to
produce Product T and there is "spare" capacity in both
centrifuge C-5 and dryer D-1, an additional 13% of the
time T can be run using reactor R-5. This limits out
dryer D-1 at 100% of capacity. Therefore, dryer D-1 is at
94% utilization for Product T and centrifuge C-5 is at 33%
utilization total (i.e., basic yearly batch x 1.13).
Product P is eliminated because there is 100 %
utilization of dryer D-1 in making Products S and T.
Since there is capacity in centrifuge C-5 to produce
Product U concurrently with Products S and T, its
emissions should be counted in the final hexane plant-wide
PTE along with emissions from products S and T.
3.4 Calculation of Total HAP PTE
The total HAP PTE should be determined by first
identifying the product with the largest (HAP) emission
rate. In this case, Product S has the largest (HAP)
emission rate (4.05 TPY of hexane) and fully utilizes
reactors R-1 and centrifuge C-4. However, the third
largest emitter of HAP is Product H which emits 3.2 TPY of
methanol and which uses 50% of reactor R-5's, 100% of
centrifuge C-4's, and 50% of dryer D-4's capacity. Product
H's methanol emissions would be 6.4 TPY if reactor R-5,
centrifuges C-4 and C-5, and dryer D-4 are run at 100%
capacity. Since Product S's emissions are less than
Product H's at full equipment utilization, Product H should
be selected and Product S emissions should be eliminated
from the worst case PTE calculation. Therefore, reactor R-
5 and centrifuges C-4 and C-5, and dryer D-4 are fully
utilized. Any product using any one of these pieces of
equipment other than reactor R-5 can be eliminated from the
total HAP PTE calculation (Products A, C, D, I, J, L, O, P,
Q, S, T and U).
The second largest emitter of a HAP is Product G which
can utilize reactor R-6B and which emits 3.92 TPY of
toluene. Since there are no equipment conflicts, its HAP
emissions will be included in the total plant-wide HAP PTE.
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Products B (2.44 TPY toluene) and E (1.0 TPY methanol)
are eliminated from the total HAP PTE calculation because
they use reactors R-5 or R-6B, which are fully utilized to
make Products G and H.
The next largest emitter of a HAP is Product K which
emits 1.86 TPY of methanol and which fully utilizes reactor
R-1 and dryer D-6. Since this equipment is not used to
make Products G and H, Product K's emissions should be
included in the total worst case HAP PTE calculation.
Products R is eliminated from the total HAP PTE
calculation because it uses reactor R-1.
Product M (10.55 TPY methanol) is eliminated because
it uses reactor R-1.
Products F and N are eliminated because they use dryer
D-6 which is tied up in the production of Product K.
Therefore, the total HAP PTE is 12.2 TPY and is
determined by adding emissions from Products G (3.9 TPY
toluene), Product H (6.4 TPY methanol), and Product K (1.86
TPY methanol).
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Table IA
PROCESSES WITH MAXIMUM TOLUENE EMISSIONS
* R-5 and R-6B interchangeable; C-4 and C-5 interchangeable
PRODUCT A B C D E F G
AER (TPY) 0.11 2.44 0.67 1.35 1.84 0.56 3.92
EQUIPMENT PERCENT UTILIZATION
R-1 64.00 23.00
R-3 44.00
R-4 74.00
*R-5 50.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
R-6A
*R-6B 100.00 100.00
R-7
R-8 48.00
R-12 24.00
C-2
*C-4 100.00 15.00 39.00
*C-5 50.00
S-1
S-2
S-4
L-1 52.00 100.00 36.00
D-1 44.00 16.00
D-2 53.00
D-4
D-5
D-6 50.00 100.00
IE-1
IE-2
R = reactor; C= centrifuge; S= distillation unit; L = thin film evaporator; D= dryer; IE = ion exchange
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TABLE IB
TOLUENE POTENTIAL TO EMIT (PTE)
PRODUCT G C F TOTALS
EMISSIONS (TPY) 7.84 0.67 0.56 9.07
EQUIPMENT PERCENT UTILIZATION
R-5 100.00 100.00
R-6B 100.00 100.00
D-6 100.00 100.00
R-3 44.00 44.00
C-4 15.00 15.00
L-1 100.00 100.00
D-1 44.00 44.00
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TABLE IIA
PROCESSES WITH MAXIMUM METHANOL EMISSIONS
* R-5 and R-6B are interchangeable; C-4 and C-5 are interchangeable
PRODUCT E H I J K L M N O
AER (TPY) 1 3.22 0.24 1.58 1.86 0.21 0.55 0.53 0.6
EQUIPMENT PERCENT UTILIZATION
R-1 57.00 100.00 82.00 43.00 65.00
R-3 100.00
R-4
*R-5 100.00 50.00 40.00 100.00 30.00
R-6A 20.00
*R-6B 44.00
R-7
R-8 100.00 100.00
R-12 24.00 42.00 41.00
C-2 83.00 33.00 71.00 15.00
*C-4 100.00 57.00 42.00 10.00
*C-5 42.00 47.00
S-1
S-2
S-4
L-1 36.00
D-1 100.00 35.00 43.00
D-2
D-4 50.00
D-5 72.00
D-6 79.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
IE-1 67.00 90.00
IE-2 90.00
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TABLE IIB
METHANOL POTENTIAL TO EMIT (PTE)
PRODUCT H K E TOTALS
EMISSIONS (TPY) 6.44 1.86 1.0 9.3
EQUIPMENT PERCENT UTILIZATION
R-1 100.00 100.00
R-5 100.00 100.00
R-6B 100.00 100.00
R-12 24.00 24.00
C-2 33.00 33.00
C-4 100.00 100.00
C-5 100.00 100.00
D-4 100.00 100.00
D-6 100.00 100.00
L-1 36.00 36.00
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TABLE IIIA
PROCESSES WITH MAXIMUM HEXANE EMISSIONS
* R-5 and R-6B are interchangeable; C-4 and C-5 are interchangeable.
PRODUCT D I L P Q R S T U
AER (TPY) 2.13 0.73 1.83 0.59 1.2 1.02 4.05 3 0.33
EQUIPMENT PERCENT UTILIZATION
R-1 23.00 57.00 82.00 100.00 92.00 100.00
R-3 100.00 45.00 92.00 70.00
R-4 38.00 9.00
*R-5 100.00 100.00 57.00
R-6A
*R-6B 44.00 100.00
R-7
R-8 9.00 100.00
R-12 41.00 100.00
C-2
*C-4 39.00 57.00 100.00 44.00 100.00 29.00 48.00
*C-5 47.00 14.00
S-1 92.00
S-2
S-4
L-1 92.00
D-1 16.00 35.00 100.00 6.00 83.00
D-2
D-4 91.00
D-5
D-6 79.00 12.00
IE-1
IE-2
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TABLE IIIB
HEXANE POTENTIAL TO EMIT
PRODUCT S T U TOTALS
EMISSIONS (TPY) 4.05 3.4 0.33 7.8
EQUIPMENT PERCENT UTILIZATION
R-1 100.00 100.00
R-3 70.00 70.00
R-5 57.00 13.00 70.00
R-6B 100.00 100.00
R-7
R-8 100.00 100.00
C-4 100.00 100.00
C-5 14.00 33.00 48.00 95.00
D-1 6.00 94.00 100.00
D-4 91.00 91.00
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TABLE IV
TOTAL HAP POTENTIAL TO EMIT
PRODUCT H G K TOTALS
EMISSIONS (TPY) 6.44 3.92 1.86 12.22
EQUIPMENT PERCENT UTILIZATION
R-1 100.00 100.00
R-3
R-4
R-5 100.00 100.00
R-6A
R-6B 100.00 100.00
R-7
R-8
R-12
C-2 33.00 33.00
C-4 100.00 100.00
C-5 100.00 100.00
S-1
S-2
S-4
L-1
D-1
D-2
D-4 100.00 100.00
D-5
D-6 100.00 100.00
IE-1
IE-2
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