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Selection & Installation of Continuous Emission Monitoring System (Cems)
Selection & Installation of Continuous Emission Monitoring System (Cems)
PTS 14.30.06
January 2017
FOREWORD
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experience and best practices of the PETRONAS group supplementing National and International
standards where appropriate. The key objective of PTS is to ensure standard technical practice across
the PETRONAS group.
Compliance to PTS is compulsory for PETRONAS-operated facilities and Joint Ventures (JVs) where
PETRONAS has more than fifty percent (50%) shareholding and/or operational control, and includes
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ANNOUNCEMENT
As part of the recent transformation exercise, the PTS numbering system has been revised to 6-digit
numbers and drawings, forms and requisition to 7-digit numbers. All newly revised PTS will adopt this
new numbering system, and where required make reference to other PTS in its revised numbering to
ensure consistency. Users are requested to refer to PTS 00.01.01 (PTS Index) for mapping between
old and revised PTS numbers for clarity. For further inquiries, contact PTS administrator at
ptshelpdesk@petronas.com.my
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Table of Contents
1.0 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................... 5
1.1 SCOPE .............................................................................................................................. 5
1.2 GLOSSARY OF TERM ........................................................................................................ 5
1.3 SUMMARY OF CHANGES ................................................................................................. 8
2.0 REGULATION REQUIREMENTS ............................................................................... 9
3.0 MONITORING TECHNOLOGY (SAMPLING SYSTEM) ............................................... 10
3.1 EXTRACTIVE SAMPLING SYSTEMS METHOD ................................................................. 11
3.2 IN-SITU SYSTEMS ........................................................................................................... 13
4.0 CEMS INSTALLATIONS.......................................................................................... 14
5.0 ALTERNATIVE METHOD (PREDICTIVE EMISSIONS MONITORING) .......................... 15
6.0 CEMS-DATA INTERFACE SYSTEMS (CEMS-DIS) ...................................................... 16
6.1 HARDWARE ................................................................................................................... 16
6.2 DIS COMMUNICATION HARDWARE REQUIREMENT..................................................... 16
6.3 CEMS-DIS DATA HANDLING .......................................................................................... 16
7.0 BIBLIOGRAPHY .................................................................................................... 17
APPENDIX 1: DOE REGULATORY POLLUTANTS LIMITS ..................................................... 18
APPENDIX 2: TYPICAL BLOW-BACK SYSTEM FOR PROBE .................................................. 20
APPENDIX 3: TYPICAL EXTRACTIVE COLD DRY SYSTEM .................................................... 21
APPENDIX 4: TYPICAL EXTRACTIVE HOT WET SYSTEM ..................................................... 22
APPENDIX 5: CEMS MONITORING TECHNOLOGY: DILUTION SYSTEM ............................... 23
APPENDIX 6: TYPICAL OUT OF STACK DILUTION SYSTEM DRAWING ................................ 24
APPENDIX 7: CLOSED-COUPLE SYSTEM............................................................................ 25
APPENDIX 8: SAMPLE OF IN-STACK ANALYSER (IN-SITU).................................................. 26
APPENDIX 9: SAMPLE OF CROSS-DUCT SYSTEM............................................................... 27
APPENDIX 10: MEASUREMENT OF SAMPLING PROBE LOCATION ..................................... 28
APPENDIX 11: PROBE POINT LOCATION .......................................................................... 29
APPENDIX 12: IN-SITU SYSTEM: PATH (CROSS-DUCT) SYSTEMS (DOUBLE – PASS
TRANSMISSION METER).................................................................................................. 30
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1.0 INTRODUCTION
This PTS provides the minimum technical requirements for the design and construction of
Continuous Emissions Monitoring System (CEMS) to comply with local regulatory body of
Department of Environment (DOE) in accordance to the local Environmental Quality (Clean
Air) Regulations.
This PTS also describes the various methods used to continuously monitor pollutants emitted
from stationary sources based on PETRONAS lesson learnt and best practices.
1.1 SCOPE
1.1.1 This PTS covers the hardware for Continuous Emission Monitoring (CEM) and CEMS Data
Interface System (CEMS-DIS). It also includes the associated sampling system, shelter and
supporting utilities. The scope does not cover portable analysers.
PTS 14.30.01 shall be referred to for the design requirements of sampling system.
Refer to PTS 00.01.03 for PTS Requirements, General Definition Of Terms, Abbreviations &
Reading Guide.
No Term Definition
No Term Definition
system. Piping classes for refining and chemicals
are contained in PTS 12.31.01; piping classes for
exploration and production are contained in PTS
12.31.02.
13 Sample recovery system A system that collects waste sample and/or by-
products from the analyser system for the
purpose to either returns them to an assigned
point of disposal or to a suitable point in the
process
15 Sample take-off point The exact location from where the sample is
extracted in the process, i.e., the location of
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No Term Definition
either the tip of the sample probe or the pipe
wall connection from where the sample fluid
leaves the process piping
16 Sample take-off system The system that includes the sample probe and
downstream components up to the connection
with the sample transport system
No Abbreviation Description
7 HQ Head Quarters
No Abbreviation Description
This PTS 14.30.06 (January 2017) replaces PTS 14.30.06 (July 2013).
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The pollutants limit shall be based on emission standards for stationary sources as prescribe
in the Third Schedule, Regulation 13 of Environmental Quality (Clean Air) Regulations 2014
and its subsequent revisions.
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The choice and design of CEMS depends on both the regulatory requirements and the types
of pollutants and/or parameters that are to be monitored.
The choice of sampling systems has to be compatible with the analysers used to measure the
analytes.
The design of the CEMS shall consider the requirement to perform verifications with
calibration gases that can prove the entire sample conditioning system and the specific gas
analyser function.
Extractive In-Situ
The selected analyser shall be MCERTS or TUV certified for CEMS application.
Methods used to measure air pollutants are summarized as per Table 3.1. Selection of
analysers shall depend on type of gas monitored and DOE requirements.
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Extractive sampling systems shall be designed and operated in a manner that provides
consistently representative samples to the analyser. The design of the sampling system should
minimize any reactions or loss of the medium of interest before they reach the analyser. To
achieve this, the sampling lines material selection and operating temperature and pressure
shall be considered.
High flow rates and short sampling will reduce the effects of analytes adsorption by minimizing
the residence time of the samples inside the line.
All cold spots within sampling lines such as connectors between heated lines segments shall
be eliminated.
i. Source level (Cool-Dry systems and Hot-Wet systems) (See Appendix 3 & 4)
ii. Note that by using this method, water soluble analytes such as HCl, NH3, VOC,
H2S, SO2 may be lost as part of water being knocked out from the condenser.
iii. Potential cold spots from take-off until SCS shall be eliminated or avoided (by
means of heating and insulations) to ensure no potential condensation can
happen along the sample transport line.
iv. Automatic sample cut-off can be considered to avoid the sampling clogging if
there’s any failure of the heat trace and insulation.
v. Flue gas emission contains a lot of particulates especially for waste incinerator
stack emission. Therefore, it is necessary to have auto-cleaning features of the
stack probe’s filter otherwise the probe’s filter will get clog easily. A typical self-
cleaning feature by means of auto blowback system using instrument air is shown
in Appendix 2.
vi. The solenoid valve’s open/close timer should be controlled by the plant DCS
system or alternatively be controlled using dedicated timer installed locally.
i. Hot-Wet systems are systems that maintain the sample temperature above its
dew point throughout the sampling system and within the analyser. Selected
analyser shall be able to withstand hot and wet sample and its measuring
technology is insensitive to moisture content.
ii. The effects of temperature changes between the stack and the analyser shall be
considered.
i. This technique shall be used if the sample concentration is too high and beyond
analyser range or too corrosive and might damage the lines and analyser.
ii. To reduce the sample dew point to an acceptable value will typically require
dilution ratio within 50:1 to 100:1 depending on the moisture content and other
components in the stack.
iii. There are two types of dilution system: In-stack and out-of-stack.
iv. In-stack dilutions probes shall use critical orifice to ensure the sample extraction
flow rate is independence of the aspirator flow to give more constant sample flow
rate and consistent dilution (See Appendix 5).
v. Biases in monitoring results may occur where in-stack dilution probe is subjected
to varying stack temperature, pressure, or molecular weight. These parameters
may affect the sonic flow across the critical orifice thus the pressure drop across
it.
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vi. For the case of varying stack temperature, Out-of-stack dilution shall be used to
eliminate or minimize the stack variations by putting the temperature control
dilution box outside the stack and leaving only sample probe inside the stack (See
Appendix 5).
There are three types of in-situ systems: point (close-coupled), path (cross-duct) and path (in-
situ probe). The probes shall be kept clean by using blowback function (See Appendix 2).
i. The analysers shall be able to tolerate stack heat and harsh environment (See
Appendix 7)
ii. Accessibility and maintainability factors shall be considered in selecting this type
of system
In stack (In-situ) probe is available for IR, UV and TDLAS. An IR or UV in-situ probe is able to
measure multiple components within the same spectrum. Whereas TDLAS in-situ probe is able
to measure single component.
Maintainability and accessibility of the probe shall be taken into consideration, for example,
probe to be taken off for maintenance.
Each analysers and equipment installed as CEMS system shall be in compliance with TUV or
MCERTS.
The sampling location shall be accessible for system maintenance and repairs. For stack
installations of in-situ analysers (See Appendix 8), factors such as vibration, lightning, ambient
atmosphere and temperature extremes shall be considered (See Appendix 10).
The required CEMS probe location (See Appendix 11) and measurement point shall be
referred to DOE’s Volume 1: Guideline for Installation and Maintenance of Continuous
Monitoring Systems (CEMS) for Industrial Premises/Facilities.
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PEMS is an alternative method to hardware CEMS for monitoring emissions based on emission
model to predict emission and uses process operation data and ambient condition to calculate
(predict) the pollutant emitted.
An assessment is required to determine the viability of PEMS. The most prevalent pollutants
predicted in PEMS are nitrogen oxides (NOx), carbon monoxide (CO) and Sulphur Dioxide
(SOx). Regulations generally require that emissions be normalized to a common oxygen (O2)
or carbon dioxide (CO2) basis.
PEMS will require at least annual maintenance of the PEMS model to ensure it is in-line with
current process.
CEMS-DIS shall be based on DOE Volume II: Guideline for the Continuous Emission Monitoring
Systems - Data Interface System (CEMS-DIS) latest requirement.
The DIS system for the end-user can be divided into 2 main components:
i. Industrial premises’ CEMS equipment sensors, probes, data loggers, and data
acquisition system (DAS) or AMADAS (Analyser Management and Data Acquisition
Systems).
a) For User with CEMS but without Plant database system (i.e. DAS/AMADAS
System)
b) For user with existing DAS or PIMS, the signal can be connected directly
to CEMS¬DIS server
6.1 HARDWARE
i. A server or PC (that act as a server and preferable industrial or server type PC).
DOE HQ, Putrajaya shall be given access to DIS PC at any time. The method used shall be via
internet connection (lease broadband line). Any other methods shall require Principal
approval.
The industrial premises shall follow DOE Volume II: Guideline for the Continuous Emission
Monitoring Systems - Data Interface System (CEMS-DIS)
7.0 BIBLIOGRAPHY
INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
Environment Quality (Clean Air) Regulation June 2014
USEPA Handbook Vol. 2 and 3, 1997
Guideline for the Installation & Maintenance of Continuous Vol. 1 Version 6,
Emission Monitoring Systems (CEMS) for Industrial Nov 2009
Premises/Facilities
Guideline for the Continuous Emission Monitoring Systems – Data Vol. 2 Version 7,
Interface System (CEMS-DIS) for Industrial Premises/Facilities Mar 2014
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NO2 350
Boiler ≥ 10 Gaseous
MW fuels
Heat & CO 50
Power
Generation Combustion NO2 150
Gaseous
turbines ≥ 10
fuels
MW CO 100
Total PM 40
Oil & Gas Catalytic
industries: Cracking
SO2 1200 Continuous
Refineries
(all sizes)
Calcination Total PM 40
Total PM 100
NMVOC as
10
TOC
Waste
HCl 40
Waste
incinerator for
incinerators HF 1
all types
(all sizes)
SO2 50
NO2 200
CO 50
NOTE(S):
i. Boilers O2 reference content is 6% for solid fuels and 3% for others fuel
ii. Turbines O2 reference content is 15%
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iii. For Continuous monitoring (using CEMS) the data for reporting will be based on ½ hourly mean values
iv. The emission reading shall be corrected based on O2 concentration as specified in DOE CAR June, 2014
v. The requirements above are extracted from CAR DOE June 2014. Refer to the latest revision of DOE Clean Air
Regulation to comply with the latest requirements.
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APPENDIX 12: IN-SITU SYSTEM: PATH (CROSS-DUCT) SYSTEMS (DOUBLE – PASS TRANSMISSION
METER)