Petrochemical Industries
FluxSense has worked with several petrochemical sites around the world in order to measure their total VOC emissions and to identify any hot-spots or leaks using.
The customer benefits from knowledge about their emissions and any significant leaks. With appropriate directed measures this can be used for efficient emission reductions which saves money and the environment. Industrial VOC emissions relates to several important issues such as air quality, climate change and health and safety. Results from various FluxSense studies world-wide show that the industry tend to significantly under-estimate their VOC emissions as compared to measurements.
Oil and Gas Production
FluxSense has the ability and experience to measure emissions of VOCs from all chains in oil and gas production, from offshore platforms or single pump jacks, via storage- and treatment facilities to large oil fields or refinery complexes.
The Mobile Lab is our standard platform but we are flexible to also perform measurement by boat. Large refineries are usually heavily regulated but a study we did in California 2015 showed that emissions from small, less regulated, sources dominate. This is important information for cost-effective measures to reduce emissions.
Landfills
The Tracer Correlation method using the MeFTIR instrument can be used to measure methane (CH4) emissions from landfills.
Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas and knowledge about the emissions are important for effective mitigation measures and for accurate input to climate models. FluxSense has measured methane emissions at several Swedish landfills during two decades to study time trends and the expected decay of emissions at final covered and active sites.
Farms and Agriculture
Biogenic emissions of (NH3), nitrous oxide (N2O) and methane (CH4) from farms can be quantified using SOF and MeFTIR measurements.
Knowing these emissions is important for many environmental problems including climate change, air quality, eutrophication or acidification. FluxSense has been involved in several farm emission studies of cattle and pig farms in North America and Europe.
Water Treatment Plants
Water and sewage treatment plants are important emitters of methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) which are both strong greenhouse gases.
FluxSense can measure emissions and make concentration mapping of both these gases using MeFTIR and Tracer Correlation methods. The results can be useful for effective emission reduction and to avoid public concerns regarding smell.
Power Plants
SkyDOAS is a great instrument for monitoring combustion emissions from Power Plants since it measures Sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and formaldehyde (HCHO) simultaneously.
All these gases are highly relevant to air quality and are under legal regulations in many places. FluxSense has conducted measurements of Power Plants during several campaigns world-wide and can, under most conditions, provide emission quantification remotely (at fence-line distance) and cost-effective.
Flares
FluxSense has conducted many emission studies of single flares at petrochemical plants or refineries in order to quantify their emissions and combustion efficiency.
Since flares are known to give temporary high emissions of VOCs if poorly operated, our measurements can provide critical input for better control of flare emissions. We use a range of different optical techniques, such as SOF, MeFTIR, Thermal FTIR and Tracer Correlation for flare studies, depending on the customer needs.
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