Assessing the Progress of the Performance of Continuous Monitoring Solutions under a Single-Blind Controlled Testing Protocol.
Environ Sci Technol
; 58(25): 10941-10955, 2024 Jun 25.
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The recent regulatory spotlight on continuous monitoring (CM) solutions and the rapid development of CM solutions have demanded the characterization of solution performance through regular, rigorous testing using consensus test protocols. This study is the second known implementation of such a protocol involving single-blind controlled testing of 9 CM solutions. Controlled releases of rates (6-7100 g) CH4/h over durations (0.4-10.2 h) under a wind speed range of (0.7-9.9 m/s) were conducted for 11 weeks. Results showed that 4 solutions achieved method detection limits (DL90s) within the tested emission rate range, with all 4 solutions having both the lowest DL90s (3.9 [3.0, 5.5] kg CH4/h to 6.2 [3.7, 16.7] kg CH4/h) and false positive rates (6.9-13.2%), indicating efforts at balancing low sensitivity with a low false positive rate. These results are likely best-case scenario estimates since the test center represents a near-ideal upstream field natural gas operation condition. Quantification results showed wide individual estimate uncertainties, with emissions underestimation and overestimation by factors up to >14 and 42, respectively. Three solutions had >80% of their estimates within a quantification factor of 3 for controlled releases in the ranges of [0.1-1] kg CH4/h and > 1 kg CH4/h. Relative to the study by Bell et al., current solutions performance, as a group, generally improved, primarily due to solutions from the study by Bell et al. that were retested. This result highlights the importance of regular quality testing to the advancement of CM solutions for effective emissions mitigation.
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Monitoreo del Ambiente
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Environ Sci Technol
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