VOCs

Management
System
By VULCANIAN
Our Team Members #AsGreenAsBangchak

Siam Wirunja Wuttijan Soongsanit

Education: Diploma Education: Diploma
Work Experience: 11 Years Work Experience: 2 Years

Muhamadriduwan Phalawan
Education: BEng
Experience: 11 Years

Ati Kawila Pantipa Ngamyingsurat Warut Nakkong

Education: MSc Education: BEng Education: BEng
Work Experience: 3 Years Work Experience: 13 Years Work Experience: 7 Years
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Motto
“ As Green
As Bangchak ”
EDS Responsibilities #AsGreenAsBangchak

Engineering Service/Standard
Project
Tank Repair
Turnaround Maintenance
 PDCA Cycle
2017
STEPS MAY JUN JUL AUG
plan
1 Establish team
plan
2 Collect & select problem(s)
P
LAN
plan
3 Survey & set objective(s)
plan
4 Analyze problem(s)
plan
5 Set up action plan
D O
plan
6 Implement solution(s)
plan
C HECK 7 Follow-up on results
plan
8 Design improvement concept
A CT
plan
9 Implement
* 30-minute meeting / twice a month
 Problem Survey
Team members propose problems found from their works.
PROBLEMS
High tank maintenance cost
High VOC leakage during tank cleaning
Dust and noise from blasting
Pipe misalignment
Delays in the Procurement process
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EFFECTS
- Increase in maintenance cost
- Environmental effect
- Community complain
- Longer working duration
- Environmental effect
- Community complain
- Risk of Leakage
- Out of standard
- Project delay
Selection Criteria #AsGreenAsBangchak

CRITERIA 1 2 3

Frequency < 6 times / year 6 – 12 times / year > 12 times / year

Cost effect < 1 MB 1 – 5 MB > 10 MB

Environmental effect No effect Internal complaint Community complaint

Time loss < 7 days 7 – 14 days > 14 days

 Problem Evaluation & Selection #AsGreenAsBangchak

Environmental
Frequency Cost effect Time loss
effect

Community complaint
Total

Internal complaint
Issues

6-12 times/year

> 12 times/year
< 6 times/year
Scores

7 – 14 days
Not effect

> 14 days
1 – 5 MB

< 7 days
> 10 MB
< 1 MB
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3

1. High tank maintenance cost - ✓ - - - ✓ ✓ - - ✓ - - 6

2. High VOC leakage during tank cleaning - ✓ - - ✓ - - - ✓ - ✓ - 24

3. Dust and noise from blasting - ✓ - ✓ - - - ✓ - - ✓ - 8

4. Pipe misalignment - ✓ - - ✓ - ✓ - - ✓ - - 4

5. Delays in the Procurement process - - ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - ✓ 9

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Volatile Organic Compounds

Long-term health effects

What is VOCs ? Cause of green house effect

Limitation of VOCs released 500 ppm

as equivalent to Methane (Governance law)
Tank Cleaning Process (Light oil) #AsGreenAsBangchak

Preparation Ventilation Jet cleaning Manual clean

 VOCs Management System #AsGreenAsBangchak

Continuous Improvement

No treatment Dry scrubber Wet and dry scrubber

> 10,000 ppm 400 ppm 150 ppm

QCC 2015 QCC 2016
How does it work? #AsGreenAsBangchak

Dry Scrubber Wet Scrubber

EPA Air Pollution Control Cost Manual, Section 6, Chapter 2 – Wet Scrubbers (Sixth Edition).
 Fishbone Diagram #AsGreenAsBangchak

Material Machine Environment

Low quality carbon Too small Scrubber Damaged Hot weather
Vaporized oil
Short life time of
Activated carbon.
Low capacity
Scrubber Wind direction Low flash point High VOC
leakage during
Incorrect assembly Wet Scrubber Ventilation to
atmosphere
tank cleaning
Leakage at hose
connection thru scrubbers

Man Method
Target #AsGreenAsBangchak

Release
LESS THAN 100 PPM
of VOC concentration
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Calculation #AsGreenAsBangchak

Reference: BETE catalogue

Input Data

Fluid
Volume flow rate (m3/hr)
Water
5.450993
Calculation #AsGreenAsBangchak
From Pump
To Header
Pipe sch. 1-s80
Pipe Material PVC
Pipe Length (m.) 120
K Ball valve 0.06 EA
K Butterfly valve 0.86 EA
K Gate valve 0.15 1 EA
K Globe valve 0 1 EA
K Elbow 0.57 20 EA
K TEE 1.14 EA
K Swing Check valve 1.9 EA

Volume flow rate (m3/s) 0.001514165

Velocity (m/s) 3.264906098
Reynolds Number (rVD/μ) 89142.94177
Type of Flow Turbulent
Roughness per Diameter ; e/D 6.17284E-05
Friction Factor ; f 0.018767312
ΣK 13.98
Major Head Loss (m.) 50.35231445
Minor Head Loss (m.) 7.595380904
Total Head Loss (m) 57.94769536
Nozzle Design #AsGreenAsBangchak
Execution
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 Tank Cleaning Process (New) #AsGreenAsBangchak

Preparation Circulation Ventilation Jet cleaning Manual clean

 Daily VOC concentration #AsGreenAsBangchak

10280

Preparation Closed system Circulation Ventilation

(VOC removal) (Via scrubber)
4844

Restriction (500 ppm)

386
193.2

28.8
“near ZERO” VOC
at scrubber Outlet
VOC
(Not scaled) Sat Mon Tue Wed Thu

From Environmental Division’s Weekly Report

Comparison of new and existing systems #AsGreenAsBangchak

Preparation 1 2

Circulation +Ventilation
Ventilaltion 4 7

Jet cleaning 2 2

Manual clean 3 3

New system Existing

Total number of days decreased from 14 to 10 days

 Conclusion #AsGreenAsBangchak

Existing Target Result

Released VOC concentration 150 ppm 100 ppm near ZERO
Other benefits: 1. Tank cleaning duration decreased from 14 to 10 days
2. No smell, no community complaints
(taken beyond the domain of monetary value)
3. Saving
- Tank rent 7,300 USD
- Tank cleaning 6,500 USD (33% less)
Total Saving 13,800 USD/Year
Best Practice Sharing in PTT OpEx
Execution #AsGreenAsBangchak

Non-financial Award
Bibliography #AsGreenAsBangchak

U.S. EPA, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (2003). Air Pollution Control
Technology Fact Sheet: Spray-Chamber/Spray-Tower Wet Scrubber. EPA-452/F-03-016.

Johnstone, H. F., & Williams, G. C. (1939). Absorption of Gases by Liquid Droplets Design of
Simple Spray Scrubbers. Ind. Eng. Chem.

Akbar, M.K., Ghiaasiaan, S.M. (2004). Modeling the gas absorption in a spray scrubber
with dissolving reactive particles. Chem. Eng. Sci. 59.
Wylock, C., Colinet, P., & Haut, B. (2012). Gas absorption into a spherical liquid droplet:
Numerical and theoretical study. Chemical Engineering Journal.
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QCC 2018
Delays in the Procurement process
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Thank you for

Q&A your attention
Procedure Establish
Execution #AsGreenAsBangchak
Waste Products #AsGreenAsBangchak

Water used (m3) Activated Carbon (KG) Treatment Cost (USD)

New system 70 10 335

Existing System 30 100 390

Basis
• Water treatment 0.3 USD/m3
• Waste treatment 100 USD /Ton + transport fix cost 300 USD/trip

Waste Treatment Cost of New system is slightly lower.