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Hydrocarbons
In Water
In Water
Hydrocarbon spills & leaks are costly
events resulting in loss of product to waste,
use of manpower and other resources to
correct the problem, damage to the
environment, and regulatory and public
relations issues. This all leads to lost
productivity and profits.
Prevention of “spill & leak events” into the air,
process or waste water, or the ground is
critical to process operation. Inevitably, spills
and leaks will occur requiring a system for
detection and diversion of the material for
process corrections and water remediation.
C4 to C24 hydrocarbons exhibit varying
volatility and solubility in water. These
properties vary with temperature.
Production shares cooling towers. So
multiple hydrocarbon product types use the
same heat exchange system and once
through cooling water shares the same
discharge point.
Thus, simple leak detection using
wastewater total organic carbon (TOC) is
unsuitable. It provides no speciation for
product type spilled or leaking and varying
temperature dependent solubility of the
products leads to erroneous results.
events resulting in loss of product to waste,
use of manpower and other resources to
correct the problem, damage to the
environment, and regulatory and public
relations issues. This all leads to lost
productivity and profits.
Prevention of “spill & leak events” into the air,
process or waste water, or the ground is
critical to process operation. Inevitably, spills
and leaks will occur requiring a system for
detection and diversion of the material for
process corrections and water remediation.
C4 to C24 hydrocarbons exhibit varying
volatility and solubility in water. These
properties vary with temperature.
Production shares cooling towers. So
multiple hydrocarbon product types use the
same heat exchange system and once
through cooling water shares the same
discharge point.
Thus, simple leak detection using
wastewater total organic carbon (TOC) is
unsuitable. It provides no speciation for
product type spilled or leaking and varying
temperature dependent solubility of the
products leads to erroneous results.
The Solution: Headspace gas sampling and
microFASTTM GC hydrocarbon measurements.
Turbulent water is like a sparger, volatilizing
hydrocarbons into the headspace gas above the
water. The microFASTTM GC traps and
concentrates the hydrocarbons. The system
effectively performs like a “purge & trap” GC,
enabling low level hydrocarbon measurement
and speciation of products to determine the
location of leaks.
This solution can be applied to gas samples from
C2 to C14 in carbon number and any chemical
having at least one C-H bond, including O, N, S,
Cl & more, with sensitivity as low as 5 ppb to high
ppm in ambient air.
microFASTTM GC hydrocarbon measurements.
Turbulent water is like a sparger, volatilizing
hydrocarbons into the headspace gas above the
water. The microFASTTM GC traps and
concentrates the hydrocarbons. The system
effectively performs like a “purge & trap” GC,
enabling low level hydrocarbon measurement
and speciation of products to determine the
location of leaks.
This solution can be applied to gas samples from
C2 to C14 in carbon number and any chemical
having at least one C-H bond, including O, N, S,
Cl & more, with sensitivity as low as 5 ppb to high
ppm in ambient air.
