Beyond Compliance

by Nicholas Cheremisinoff, Motasem B. Haddadin

Overview

This book offers refineries a practical guide for implementing environmental management systems (EMS).The author, who has implemented hundreds of successful EMS programs throughout North America, Europe, Russia and the Middle East, provides a detailed explanation of what an EMS is and how it can benefit refinery operations in complying with environmental laws and improving the overall efficiency of their operations. The author’s approach has been internationally recognized as an integrated model that captures improved compliance and financial savings by reducing operating costs through dedicated pollution prevention programs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780127999760
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	11/25/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	207
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

Nick Cheremisinoff, PhD, is one of the most prolific authors in the petrochemical industry. With his father, in the 1980s, he published several series with Gulf Publishing Company, which came to over 20 volumes. He has published extensively with others publishers as well, for a total of 150 published books to his credit. With over twenty years of experience under his belt, Nick is a sought-after consultant all over the globe, working with groups like the World Bank Group, the US Trade and Development Agency, the US Agency for International Development, the European Union and the US Department of Energy. He consults for numerous Fortune 100 companies as well.

Table of Contents

Preface

About the Authors

1 Refining Operations and the Sources of Pollution

Introduction

1.1 The Nature of Pollution

1.2 Desalting

1.3 Distillation

1.3.1 Atmospheric Distillation

1.3.2 Vacuum Distillation

1.4 Downstream Processing Operations

1.4.1 Thermal Cracking or Visbreaking

1.4.2 The Coking Process

1.4.3 The Catalytic Cracking Process

1.4.4 The Catalytic Hydrocracking Process

1.4.5 The Hydrotreating and Hydroprocessing Processes

1.4.6 Alkylation

1.4.7 Isomerization

1.4.8 Polymerization

1.4.9 Catalytic Reforming

1.4.10 Solvent Extraction

1.4.11 Chemical Treating

1.4.12 Dewaxing

1.4.13 Propane Deasphalting

1.5 Supporting Operations and Technologies

1.5.1 Wastewater Treatment Processes

1.5.2 Sour Gas Treatment and Sulfur Recovery

1.5.3 Additive Production and Hydrogen Production Technologies

1.5.4 Heat Exchangers and Boiler Operations

1.5.5 Plantwide Blowdown Systems

1.5.6 Blending Operations

1.5.7 Storage Tanks and Loading and Unloading Operations

1.5.8 Cooling Towers

Recommended References

2 Refinery Waste and Pollution Profile

Introduction

2.1 Refinery Material Output Matrices

3 What an Environmental Management System is All about

Introduction

3.1 What an EMS is

3.2 What an EMS Standard is

3.2.1 General

3.2.2 BS 7750

3.2.3 EMAS

3.2.4 ISO 14000

3.2.5 Comparing the Standards

3.3 Understanding ISO 14001

3.3.1 The Basic Clauses

3.3.2 Compliance versus Conformance with Environmental Performance Standards

3.4 EMS Drivers

3.5 A Review and What Comes Next

4 Components of an Environmental Management System

Introduction

4.1 Commitment and Environmental Policy

4.2 Initial Environmental Review

4.3 Planning the Environmental Policy

4.3.1 General

4.3.2 What Environmental Aspects are

4.3.3 Legal and Other Requirements

4.3.4 Objectives and Targets

4.3.5 Devising an Environmental Management Program

4.4 Implementing the Environmental Policy

4.5 Measuring and Evaluating

4.5.1 Developing an Environmental Effects Register

4.5.2 Monitoring and Measuring Hardware

4.5.3 Compliance Status

4.5.4 Environmental Cost-Accounting Data

4.5.5 Combining Concepts with Pollution Prevention

4.6 Audits and Management Review

4.7 Environmental Reporting and Communication

Recommended References and Websites

5 Tools for Conducting the Initial Environmental Review

Introduction

5.1 U.S. Regulations, Waste Classifications, and SIC Codes

5.1.1 U.S. Environmental Laws and Regulations

5.1.2 Waste Classifications

5.1.3 SIC Codes

5.2 IER Auditor

5.3 Environmental Aspects (EA) Evaluator

5.4 Closing Remarks

Index