# Technical Memorandum

TO: Brenda Shine, Environmental Engineer

Refining and Chemicals Group, SPPD (E143-01)

FROM: Eric Goehl, Environmental Protection Specialist

Refining and Chemicals Group, SPPD (E143-01)

DATE: March 29, 2012

SUBJECT: Summary of Hydrogen Production Pl ant Emission Source Test Reports

I. Purpose

The objective of this docum ent is to provide a summary of the Hydrogen Production

Plant emission source test repo rts received by the EPA from the 2011 Information Collection

Request (ICR) of the Petroleum Refinery industry.

II. Background

On April 1, 2011, the EPA sent an ICR to facilities in the U.S. petroleum refining

industry. The ICR was comprehensive and designed to collect information on processing

characteristics, crude slate characteristics, emissi ons inventories and source testing to bolster our

current data and fill known data gaps. The I CR had four components: (1) a questionnaire on

processes and controls to be completed by all petroleum refine ries (Component 1); (2) an

emissions inventory to be developed by all petr oleum refineries using the emissions estimation

protocol developed for this effort (Component 2) ; (3) distillation feed sa mpling and analysis to

be conducted by all petroleum refineries (Compone nt 3); and (4) emission s source testing to be

completed in accordance with an EPA-approved protocol for specific sources at specific

petroleum refineries (Component 4).

Component 4 of the ICR required source testi ng for twelve different types of emission

sources or units: fluid catalytic cracking units (FCCU), thermal catalytic cracking units, catalytic

reforming units, sulfur recovery units, delayed coking units, fluid coking units, hydrocracking

units, hydrogen plants, asphalt blowing units, fuel gas systems, cooling water systems, and

wastewater treatment systems. This memorandum summarizes the results of the CRU sources

tests. A similar memorandum is available for the othe r sources required to be tested as a result of

# this ICR. Facilities often claimed specific process information as CBI, and included that

information in the CBI version of the emission s ource test report stored in the EPA’s CBI office

in Research Triangle Park, NC. However, emi ssions data cannot be claimed as CBI. This

memorandum summarizes and pr esents only non-CBI data.

III. Source-specific Testing Program

Below is a list of the facilities required to perform an emission source test on their

Hydrogen Production Plant.

• Lion Oil Company – El Dorado, AR (AR3D0110)

• Calumet Shreveport Lubricants and Waxe s LLC – Shreveport, LA (LA3D0660)

• BP West Coast Products Cherry Point – Blaine, WA (WA5A1400)

• National Cooperative Refinery – McPherson, KS (KS2C0470)

• ConocoPhillips Company – Borger, TX (TX3A1230)

The following facility did not submit the required emission source test report.

• Cenex Inc. – Laurel, MT (MT4A0770) – The facility does not ha ve a hydrogen plant.

Owners or operators of the Hydrogen Producti on Plant at these faci lities were required

to test for:

• Speciated volatile organic h azardous air pollutants (HAP)

• Speciated semi-volatile organic HAP

• Total hydrocarbons, methane, and ethane

• Aldehydes

• Carbon monoxide

• O 2 

# , CO 2 

# , moisture, and gas flow rate.

• NO X 

# , SO 2 

# , O 2 

# , CO 2 

# , moisture, and gas flow rate.

The EPA required that the data collected from the emission source testing to be reported

using the EPA Electronic Reporting Tool (ERT). The ERT is a Microsoft® Access database

application. If the facility c onducted testing using a method not currently supported by the ERT,

the facility was required to report the results in the Refinery Testing Supplement, a Microsoft®

2

# 3 Excel spreadsheet. After completing the Refinery Te sting Supplement, the refi neries were also to

submit an electronic copy of the emission te st report, preferably in PDF format.

IV. Results

A summary of the emission results for the Hydrogen Production Pl ant are provided in

attached spreadsheet. In order to better charact erize the reported data from the emission test

reports, detection level informa tion was provided in the attached summary spreadsheet. The

following designations were used to describe the detection levels of the reported emissions data.

• DLL = Detection Level Limited = 1 or 2 runs below detection limit

• BDL = Below Detection Limit = All thr ee runs are below detection limit

• No designation = All three r uns are above detection limitSummaryofHydrogenPlantTestReportDataDetectionLevel (DL) lb/hr DL lb/hr DL lb/hr % error lb/hr DL lb/hrFacility used a mass balance75-07-0 Acetaldehyde 4.01E-038.4% 7.69E-04 1.50E-0150-00-0 Formaldehyde 5.60E-04 1.72E-05 1.6% 2.07E-04 3.30E-0274-90-8 Hydrogen cyanide123-38-6 Propanal/Propionaldehyde7647-01-0 Hydrogen Chloride7782-50-5 Chlorine7782-41-4 Hydrogen Fluoride67-64-1 Acetone BDL 4.36E-03 BDL 5.90E-03750-05-8 Acetonitrile BDL 1.40E-03 BDL 2.69E-03107-02-8 Acrolein BDL 5.42E-03 BDL 7.55E-03107-13-1 Acrylonitrile BDL 9.96E-04 BDL 2.23E-0371-43-2 Benzene BDL 5.34E-03 BDL 6.75E-03106-99-0 1,3-Butadiene BDL 4.40E-03 BDL 6.53E-0375-15-0 Carbon Disulfide BDL 7.47E-04 BDL 1.50E-03108-90-7 ChlorobenzeneBDL 5.38E-0498-82-8 Cumene (Isopropylbenzene) BDL 1.49E-04 BDL 4.03E-04106-93-4 1,2-Dibromoethane BDL 1.65E-02 BDL 1.71E-02100-41-4 Ethylbenzene BDL 1.50E-04 BDL 4.10E-04WA5A1400 - BP West CoastProducts Cherry Point Blaine,WAKS2C0470 - NationalCooperative RefineryMcPherson, KSVOLATILE ORGANIC HAPCAS # CompoundAR3D0110 - Lion Oil CompanyEl Dorado, ARLA3D0660 - CalumetShreveport Lubricants andWaxes LLC Shreveport, LA*DL were not identified insubmitted test reportTX3A1230 - ConocoPhillipsCompany Borger, TXy110-54-3 Hexane BDL 4.22E-03 BDL 6.15E-03108-10-1 Methyl iso-Butyl Ketone BDL 1.49E-04 BDL 3.90E-041634-04-4 Methyl t-Butyl Ether (MTBE) BDL 1.42E-04 BDL 2.94E-0475-09-2 Methylene Chloride BDL 2.73E-02 DLL 2.08E-0298-95-3 Nitrobenzene BDL 2.16E-04 BDL 5.78E-0479-46-9 2-Nitropropane BDL 9.83E-04 1.26E-03109-66-0 Pentane BDL 6.33E-03 2.39E-02100-42-5 Styrene BDL 1.61E-04 BDL 4.33E-04127-18-4 Tetrachloroethene BDL 2.18E-02 BDL 2.69E-02108-88-3 Toluene BDL 1.05E-02 BDL 1.09E-02Trichloroethylene BDL 8.24E-03 BDL 1.20E-02540-84-1 2,2,4-Trimethylpentane BDL 1.23E-04 BDL 3.19E-041330-20-7 XyleneBDL 8.23E-04o-Xylene BDL 1.53E-04m&p-Xylenes BDL 1.49E-04Total VOC as propane83-32-9 Acenaphthene 2.30E-07 5.76E-07 BDL 4.82E-08 DLL 1.02E-06209-96-8 Acenaphthylene DLL 2.76E-08 5.76E-07 BDL 4.82E-08 1.97E-0662-53-3 Aniline BDL 1.74E-06 BDL 3.35E-06 BDL 2.47E-05120-12-7 Anthracene 6.65E-07 5.76E-07 BDL 4.82E-08 DLL 4.41E-07SVOCSummaryofHydrogenPlantTestReportDataDetectionLevel (DL) lb/hr DL lb/hr DL lb/hr % error lb/hr DL lb/hrWA5A1400 - BP West CoastProducts Cherry Point Blaine,WAKS2C0470 - NationalCooperative RefineryMcPherson, KSCAS # CompoundAR3D0110 - Lion Oil CompanyEl Dorado, ARLA3D0660 - CalumetShreveport Lubricants andWaxes LLC Shreveport, LATX3A1230 - ConocoPhillipsCompany Borger, TX92-87-5 Benzidine BDL 5.71E-05 BDL 1.10E-04 BDL 8.10E-0456-55-3 Benzo(a)Anthracene 2.81E-07 5.76E-07 BDL 4.82E-08 DLL 6.74E-07205-99-2 Benzo(b)Fluoranthene 4.14E-07 5.76E-07 BDL 4.82E-08 DLL 4.37E-07207-08-9 Benzo(k)Fluoranthene 1.08E-07 5.76E-07 BDL 4.82E-08 BDL 3.55E-07191-24-2 Benzo(ghi)Perylene 1.07E-07 7.00E-07 BDL 4.82E-08 DLL 3.79E-0750-32-8 Benzo(a)Pyrene 2.14E-07 5.76E-07 BDL 4.82E-08 DLL 4.41E-07192-97-2 Benzo(e)Pyrene 7.54E-07 5.76E-07 BDL 4.82E-08 DLL 4.36E-0792-52-4 Biphenyl BDL 2.50E-06 BDL 4.82E-08 BDL 3.55E-051319-77-3 Cresols BDL 3.17E-06 BDL 6.12E-06 BDL 2.41E-05218-01-9 Chrysene* 1.15E-06 5.76E-07 BDL 4.82E-08 DLL 5.40E-0753-70-3 Dibenzo(a,h)Anthracene* 8.48E-08 5.76E-07 BDL 4.82E-08 BDL 3.55E-07132-64-9 Dibenzofuran BDL 1.72E-06 BDL 3.32E-06 BDL 2.44E-05192-65-4 Dibenzo(a,e)pyrene 3.87E-07 BDL 2.41E-07 BDL 1.78E-06119-90-4 3,3'-Dimethoxybenzidine BDL 2.50E-06 BDL 4.82E-08 BDL 3.55E-0560-11-7 Dimethylaminobenzene BDL 2.50E-06 BDL 4.82E-08 BDL 3.55E-0557-97-6 7,12-Dimethybenz(a)anthracene 3.96E-07 BDL 9.65E-08 BDL 7.11E-07119-93-7 3,3'-Dimethylbenzidine BDL 2.70E-05 BDL 5.20E-05 BDL 3.83E-04122-09-8 a,a-Dimethylphenethylamine BDL 2.50E-06 BDL 4.82E-08 BDL 3.55E-05105-67-9 2,4-Dimethylphenol BDL 1.82E-06 BDL 3.51E-06 BDL 2.59E-05206-44-0 Fluoranthene 2.78E-06 6.80E-07 BDL 4.82E-08 1.16E-0686-73-7 Fluorene 4.41E-06 5.83E-07 BDL 4.82E-08 DLL 1.01E-06193-39-5 Indeno(1,2,3-cd)Pyrene 1.02E-07 5.76E-07 BDL 4.82E-08 BDL 3.55E-0778-59-1 Isophorone BDL 2.21E-06 BDL 3.61E-06 BDL 2.66E-0556-49-5 3-Methylcholanthrene 3.89E-07 BDL 2.41E-07 BDL 1.78E-0691-57-6 2-Methylnaphthalene 1.27E-06 2.53E-06 4.35E-07 2.72E-0695-48-7 2-Methylphenol106-44-5/108-39-4 4-Methylphenol & 3-Methylphenol91-20-3 Naphthalene 3.70E-06 2.13E-05 1.60E-06 1.02E-05198-55-0 Perylene 3.58E-07 5.76E-07 BDL 4.82E-08 BDL 3.55E-0785-01-8 Phenanthrene 4.09E-05 1.29E-06 BDL 4.82E-08 3.37E-06108-95-2 Phenol BDL 1.63E-06 BDL 3.14E-06 DLL 5.83E-05106-50-3 1,4-Phenylenediamine BDL 2.50E-06 BDL 4.82E-08 BDL 3.55E-05129-00-0 Pyrene 7.64E-05 6.83E-07 BDL 4.82E-08 1.53E-0695-53-4 o-Toluidine BDL 2.50E-06 BDL 4.82E-08 BDL 3.55E-05Total PAHs7664-41-7 Ammonia630-08-0 Carbon Monoxide 2.72E-01 0.00E+004.10E-017782-50-5 Chlorine67-56-1 Methanol 5.51E-02 1.28E+00 29.4% 7.21E-0174-82-8 Methane 3.57E-01 6.95E-0174-84-0 Ethane BDL 5.60E-04 4.57E-0275-69-4 Trichlorofluoromethane74-83-9 BromomethaneSummaryofHydrogenPlantTestReportDataDetectionLevel (DL) lb/hr DL lb/hr DL lb/hr % error lb/hr DL lb/hrWA5A1400 - BP West CoastProducts Cherry Point Blaine,WAKS2C0470 - NationalCooperative RefineryMcPherson, KSCAS # CompoundAR3D0110 - Lion Oil CompanyEl Dorado, ARLA3D0660 - CalumetShreveport Lubricants andWaxes LLC Shreveport, LATX3A1230 - ConocoPhillipsCompany Borger, TX10102-43-9 Nitrogen Oxides1.92E+00Sulfur Dioxide3.10E-02Condensible Inorganic (aqueous) PMCondensible Organic Particulate MatterCondensible Particulate MatterFilterable ParticulateFilterable PM2.5Total PM2.5Total PMTotal Hydrocarbon 5.87E-017.00E+00PARTICULATE MATTER