Southern California Bunkering Operations Get On Board with Volatile Organic Compound Abatement No. 42：（南加州加油操作加入挥发性有机化合物减少42）.pdfVIP

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ON MARINE ENGINEERING SYSTEMS Paper presented at the 9TH International Conference on Marine Engineering Systems at the Helsinki University of Technology (HUT) Ship Laboratory and on board MS SILJA SERENADE 19-21 May 2003 Southern California Bunkering Operations Get On Board with Volatile Organic Compound Abatement No. 42 Kevin J. Reynolds, P.E., Member The Glosten Associates, Inc., Seattle, Washington, USA Wendell Koi, Visitor Foss Maritime Long Beach, Long Beach, California, USA ABSTRACT Volatile organic compound (VOC) abatement regulations in Southern California have driven the development of a vapor processing plant that is suitable for the bunkering barges it serves. A system was required that could be mounted on board existing bunker barges, could be operated by existing tankerman crews and had no need for additional pumps and blowers, which would require additional power generation capacity. Foss Maritime Long Beach teamed with The Glosten Associates, Inc., to develop and deploy a system that allows the existing fleet to practice VOC abatement at any of the active tank term inals in the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. This paper discusses: VOC environmental impact, the costs and benefits of practicing VOC abatement for bunkering products in terms of dollars per ton of abated VOCs, benefits to tankermen’s health and welfare, an overview of available VOC abatement technologies, and specifics of the Foss-Glosten system, including system installation and operating costs. INTRODUCTION