Use of an open-path FTIR sensor at Camacari Petrochemical Complex--Bahia, Brazil

Neuza Neves; Elizabeth da R. Couto; Robert H. Kagann

doi:10.1117/12.210821

31 May 1995 Use of an open-path FTIR sensor at Camacari Petrochemical Complex--Bahia, Brazil

Neuza Neves, Elizabeth da R. Couto, Robert H. Kagann

Proceedings Volume 2365, Optical Sensing for Environmental and Process Monitoring; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.210821
Event: Optical Sensing for Environmental and Process Monitoring, 1994, McLean, VA, United States

Abstract

CETREL--Empresa de Protecao Ambiental, is an environmental engineering company, which is owned by the member companies in the Camacari Petrochemical Complex, the largest petrochemical complex in Brazil. CETREL operates a centralized waste treatment plant, treatment and disposal facilities, an incineration unit, groundwater monitoring and air quality monitoring networks. The air monitoring network was designed based on mathematical modeling, and the results showed that the monoitoring of hydrocarbons is important not just within the complex but also at the area surrounding the complex. There are presently no regulations for hydrocarbons in Brazil, however they are monitored due to concerns about health problems arising from human exposure. The network has eight multiparameter monitoring stations, located at the villages nearby, where hydrocarbons are sampled with Summa canisters and subsequently analyzed with a GC/MS, using a Cryogenic trap at the interface. The open-path FTIR is used to monitor at the individual plants and in the areas in between because it is more efficient and costs less than it would to attempt to achieve the same level of coverage using the canisters. Ten locations were selected based on mathematical modeling and knowledge of the likely emission sources. Since August 1993, there have been five different measurement campaigns.

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Neuza Neves, Elizabeth da R. Couto, and Robert H. Kagann "Use of an open-path FTIR sensor at Camacari Petrochemical Complex--Bahia, Brazil", Proc. SPIE 2365, Optical Sensing for Environmental and Process Monitoring, (31 May 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.210821

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