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Evaluation of Innovative Methane Detection Technologies

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1 Introduction
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1 Introduction Overview
1.1 Purpose of Document
1.2 Document Scope
1.3 Intended Audience
1.4 Framing the Guidance Document
1.5 Document Content
2 Characterization of Emissions
3 Regulations
3.1 Objectives & Introduction
3.2 Regulatory Barriers, Limitations, and Considerations
3.3 Areas of Opportunity
4 Technology
4 Technology Overview
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Technologies
4.3 Applications
4.4 Summary
5 Evaluation Guidelines and Principles
5 Evaluation Guidelines and Principles Overview
5.1 Defining System Objectives and Metrics
5.2 Design elements
5.3 Data Quality Objectives and Monitoring, Reporting, and Recordkeeping
5.4 Conclusion
6 Lessons Learned
7 Stakeholder Perspectives
Additional Information
Appendix A – Case Studies Summaries and Links
Appendix B – Characterization – Additional Material
Appendix C – Regulations – Additional Material
Acronyms
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AER Alberta Energy Regulator
AIMM approved instrument monitoring method
AMEL alternative means of emissions limitation
AMOC alternative method of compliance
APCD Air Pollution Control Division
AQCC Air Quality Control Commission
ARB Air Resources Board
ARPA-E Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy
AVO audio, visual, and olfactory
AWP alternative work plan
AWP area wide planning
BBL barrel
BLM Bureau of Land Management
BOE barrel of oil equivalent
BOEM Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Enforcement
BP best practices
BMP best management practice
BSER best system of emission reduction
BT baseline technology
BTU British thermal unit
C Carbon
CAA Clean Air Act
CAPP Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
CAMMS-ES coded aperture miniature mass spectrometer environmental sensor
CBM coalbed methane
C-H carbon hydrogen bond
CH4 methane
CI chemical ionization
CNG compressed natural gas
CNT carbon nanotube
CO carbon monoxide
CO2 carbon dioxide
CRDS cavity ring down spectroscopy
CSG coal seam gas
DCS dual frequency-comb spectroscopy
DIAL differential absorption light detection and ranging
DEP Department of Environmental Protection
DOE U.S. Department of Energy
DOI U.S. Department of the Interior
DOT U.S. Department of Transportation
DPHE Department of Public Health and Safety
EI electron impact
EMD Eagle II Methane Detector
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
ESD emergency shutdown events
FEAST Fugitive Emissions Abatement Simulation Toolkit
FID flame ionization detector
FLIR forward looking infrared camera
FTIR fourier transform infrared
g/h grams per hour
GAO general approval order
GAO U.S. Government Accountability Office
GC gas chromatography
GC/MS gas chromatography/mass spectrometer
GFCR gas-filter correlation radiometer
GHG greenhouse gas
GHGI Greenhouse Gas Inventory
GHGRP Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program
GOADS Gulfwide Offshore Activity Data System
GRI Gas Research Institute
GWP  global warming potential
H hydrogen
H2S hydrogen sulfide
HAP hazardous air pollutant
HNLF highly nonlinear fiber
HOH  hot oil heaters
HRDL High-Resolution Doppler Lidar
HVS high volume sampler
Hz hertz
ICOS integrated cavity output spectroscopy
ICP-MS inductively coupled plasma – mass spectrometry
IM integrity management
InSb indium antimonide
IP intellectual property
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IR infrared
IR OGI infrared optical gas imaging
JT Joule-Thomson
kg kilogram
kHz kilohertz
LAS laser absorption spectroscopy
LCA lifecycle analysis
LDAR leak detection and repair
LDC local distribution company
LDRL leak detection with large-scale optical imaging technology
LDRO leak detection with optical imaging technology
LDRS leak detection with sampling
LMA large mode area
LNG liquified natural gas
m meter
M&R metering and regulations stations
m/z mass-to-charge ratio
MACT maximum achievable control technology
MAL minimal action leak
Mcf one thousand standard cubic feet of natural gas
MDC methane detectors challenge
MDL minimal detectable leak
METEC methane emissions technology evaluation center
MMT million metric tons
MONITOR Methane Observation Networks with Innovative Technology to Obtain Reductions program
MOS metal oxide semi-conductor
M&R metering and regulating
MS mass spectrometry
MT metric ton
ug/m3 microgram per cubic meter
MW molecular weight
N/A not applicable
NAMA Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions
NESHAP National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants
NGL natural gas liquids
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NSPS New Source Performance Standards
O&G oil and gas
OGI optical gas imaging
OMI optical modulation index
OP-FTIR Open Path Fourier Transform Infrared
OTM other test method
PEMEX Petróleos Mexicanos
PFP programmable flask package
PHMSA Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
PIG pipeline inspection gauge
POC point of contact
ppbv parts per billion by volume
ppm parts per million
ppm-m part per million per meter
ppmv parts per million by volume
PUC public utility commission
QOGI quantitative optical gas imaging
R&D research and development
RMLD  remote methane leak detector
SCFH standard cubic feet per hour
SCFM standard cubic feet per minute
SLPM standard liters per minute
SIP State Implementation Plan
SNR signal-to-noise ratio
Solar FTIR Solar Occultation Flux
STEM storage tank emission management
TC thermal conductivity
TDL tunable diode laser
TDLAS tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy
TDS total dissolved solids
TDTS transmission-distribution transfer stations
TILDAS tunable infrared laser direct absorption spectroscopy
TOC total organic compound
TRL technology readiness level
TUT technology under test
TVA toxic vapor analyzer
TVOC total volatile organic compounds
USB Universal Serial Bus
USEPA United States Environmental Protection Agency
V/V volume to volume
VOC volatile organic compound
VRU vapor recovery unit
WY DEQ Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality

Publication Date: September 28, 2018

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