To improve devices for cleaning emissions of gas stations of hydrocarbon vapors while reducing waste generation to improve the environmental safety of residential areas
Abstract
To improve devices for cleaning emissions of gas stations of hydrocarbon vapors while reducing waste generation to improve the environmental safety of residential areas
Incoming article date: 21.12.2020The article is devoted to the issue of improving devices for cleaning gas station emissions from hydrocarbon vapors to improve the environmental safety of inhabitant zones and territories of residential development. It is known that emissions of benzene vapors belonging to the second hazard class have a significant problem in terms of exceeding the maximum permissible concentrations at the borders of the sanitary protection zones of gas stations and nearby residential buildings. The largest part of the release of gasoline vapors entering the local aspiration systems is associated with the filling and emptying of fuel storage tanks at gas stations. To reduce emissions from gas station sources, it is proposed to use absorption-type devices in gasoline vapor recovery units. The article presents the results of experiments on a pilot - industrial plant set up with an apparatus for cleaning gas station emissions from benzene and other hydrocarbon vapors using a solution of a mixture of natural sodium-magnesium salts. As a liquid sorbent in such devices, it was proposed to use waste water from a gas station purification device in order to reduce the additional amount of waste generated during their operation. Based on the results of processing the experimental data, a graphical dependence and regression equations were obtained. The areas of aerohydrodynamic regimes at which the highest efficiency is achieved for the parameters of the apparatus of the studied modification are determined. This approach also makes it possible to reduce the negative technogenic impact of gas stations in terms of the generation of additional waste. The successful tests carried out have shown the reliable and efficient operation of the pilot plant set up with the proposed device.
Keywords: gas station, gasoline, emission, atmosphere, fuel, hydrocarbons, aspiration, absorption, device, bischofite, water