REFINING: A Monitoring System Managing CEMS at a Texas-sized refinery.

The article reports on the installation of continuous emissions monitoring systems (CEMS) in a refinery in Texas. CEMS is a system that measure on a continuous basis emissions released by a source. Due to the governing compliance determinations in regards to emissions and highly reactive volatile organic compounds (HRVOCs), the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) required more monitoring systems. With the decision of TCEQ, the refinery chose to meet that requirement by streamlining all monitoring systems required for environmental regulatory compliance.