Claims
- 1. A method for the combined monitoring and reporting of actual and potential emissions of multiple phases of matter from a production facility which utilizes and/or generates such multiple phases of matter comprising the steps of:
a. identifying each of the potential sources of emission events of gaseous matter generated within the production facility and desired to be monitored and reported, b. identifying each of the potential sources of emission events of liquid matter generated within the production facility and desired to be monitored and reported, c. at each identified potential source of gaseous or liquid emission event, providing means for detecting an emission event occurring at said source and generating an event signal which is representative of a detected emission event of a respective one of gaseous or liquid emission events at said source, said signal being representative of at least the occasion of the emission event, the volumetric extent of the event, the timing of the event, and the location of the event with the production facility, d. transmitting said event signal from its identified source thereof to at least one central location, e. generating a further signal representative of an operational phase of the production facility which is associated with each identified potential source of an emission event, f. transmitting said signal representative of an operational phase of the production facility to said at least one central location, g. at said central location, monitoring said incoming signals from said sources of emission events and said signals representative of respective associated operational phases of operation of the production facility associated with said sources of emission events, comparing each of said signals from respective ones of said sources of emission events with said signals representative of a respective one or more operational phase of the production facility associated with said source of said emission event to determine the status of the operation of the production facility at the time of said emission event, h. reporting as actual emission events only those emission events which positively correlate with an associated ongoing production phase of the production facility at the time of the reported emission event.
- 2. The method of claim 1 and the steps of
a. monitoring one or more of the operational phases of the production facility for input of raw materials to said one or more operational phases of the production facility, b. generating a signal which is representative of the quantity of raw materials input into each of said monitored operational phases of the production facility, c. transmitting said signal representative of the quantity of raw materials input into each of said operational phases of the production facility to said at least one central location, d. generating an signal which is representative of the quantity of product output from the production facility associated with said raw materials input to the production facility, e. transmitting said signals representative of the quantity of product output from the production facility associated with said raw materials input to the production facility, f. at said at least one central location, comparing said signals from said raw materials input with corresponding product output from the production facility to derive a value representative of the loss, if any, of raw materials in the course of conversion of said raw materials into product output of the production facility, and g. providing a report showing the relationship of raw material loss, if any, from the production facility relative to the occurrence, if any, of emission events reported to said at least one central location during the time between introduction of said raw materials input and the product output of the production facility employing said raw materials input.
- 3. The method of claim 2 and including the step of comparing the total emission of gaseous material over a given time period to the total regulatory allowable emission of gaseious material over said given time period.
- 4. The method of claim 2 and including the step of comparing the total emission of liquid material over a given time period to the total regulatory allowable emission of liquid material over said given time period.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a Non-provisional application of Provisional Application S. No. 60/344,216 filed Dec. 21, 2001. Priority is claimed based on the aforesaid Provisional application S. No. 60/344,216.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60344216 |
Dec 2001 |
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