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Table 2-13
Generic Fugitive Emission Factors for Production Equipment

Emission
Factor
Equipment Fluid (kg/hr/source)

Valves Gas 0.0056
Light liquid 0.0071
Heavy liquid 0.00023
Pump seals Light liquid 0.0494
Heavy liquid 0.0214
Compressor seals Gas/vapor 0.228
Pressure relief devices Gas/vapor 0.104
Flanges All 0.00083
Open-ended lines All 0.0017
Sampling connections All 0.0150

Source: from Schaich, 1991.
Reproduced with permission of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
Copyright © 1991 AIChE. All rights reserved.

Table 2-14
Fugitive Emission Factors Based on Leak Determination
Emission Emission
Factor: Factor;
Leaking Nonleaking
Equipment Service (kg/hr/source) (kg/hr/source)
Valves Gas 0.0451 0.00048
Light liquid 0.0852 0.00171
Heavy liquid 0.00023 0.00023
Pump seals Light liquid 0.437 0.012
Heavy liquid 0.3885 0.0135
Compressor seals Gas/vapor 1.608 0.0894
Pressure relief
devices Gas/vapor 1.691 0.0447
Flanges All 0.0375 0.00006
Open-ended lines All 0.01195 0.00150
Source: from Schaich, 1991.
Reproduced with permission of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
Copyright © 1991 AIChE. All rights reserved.