Industry
Stack and boundary air quality, water discharge, groundwater, dust, noise and weather at smelters, refineries and processing plants. Instrumenta reviews these networks, and delivers new or changed ones through monitoring system delivery.
Sources of monitoring requirements
| Source | Requirement | Service |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental licence conditions | What it asks forStack, boundary air, discharge and groundwater monitoring under the licence, with continuous monitors, limits, methods and reporting the regulator checks. | ServiceMonitoring system review |
| Continuous emission monitoring requirements | What it asks forLicences and standards set calibration, availability and data handling requirements for continuous emission monitors. | ServiceMonitoring system review |
| Community and regulator complaints | What it asks forAn odour, dust or noise complaint that must be answered with the record. | ServiceMonitoring system review |
| Weather-dependent operations | What it asks forApprovals that restrict operations under certain weather, which need a forecast and a decision rule to be met. | ServiceMonitoring system review |
Stack emission monitoring
| Monitors | Sulphur dioxide, particulates, metals and flow in each stack, continuously. |
| Decisions | Whether the plant is within its licence, and when to reduce load or divert. |
SAFER stages
| SenseSecure | Continuous emission monitors are calibrated to the standard, with every change recorded and a failed monitor reported. |
| AssessAccessible | Emissions are shown against the licence limits, to the control room and the environmental manager. |
| ForecastFunctional | The load plan and the weather say when a limit will be approached. |
| ExplainEfficient | Each result is stated as what it means for the licence and the community. |
| RespondReliable | A named role reduces load or diverts when the trigger is reached, and the action is recorded. |
Boundary air quality and dust
| Monitors | Particulates and gases at the boundary and the nearest homes, and the weather. |
| Decisions | When to reduce an emission source, and when to tell the community. |
SAFER stages
| SenseSecure | Monitors are calibrated against a reference and placed where the limit applies. |
| AssessAccessible | Concentrations are shown against the limit, with the wind, to the operations and environment teams. |
| ForecastFunctional | The inversion forecast says when a still, cold morning will hold emissions near the ground. |
| ExplainEfficient | Each result is stated with its likely source and what the community experienced. |
| RespondReliable | A named role reduces the source before the inversion, and the action is recorded. |
Water discharge and groundwater
| Monitors | Discharge flow and quality, and groundwater levels and quality around the site. |
| Decisions | Whether discharge can continue, and whether contamination is moving. |
SAFER stages
| SenseSecure | Analysers and bores are calibrated and verified, with their purpose recorded. |
| AssessAccessible | Results are shown against the licence limits and the trend, to the environmental manager and the regulator. |
| ForecastFunctional | Rainfall and the process plan say when a discharge limit will be approached. |
| ExplainEfficient | Each result is stated as what it means for the creek or the aquifer. |
| RespondReliable | A named role stops the discharge or reports to the regulator, within the time the licence allows. |
Weather and dispersion
| Monitors | Wind, temperature profile, rainfall and stability. |
| Decisions | When to schedule emissions-heavy operations, and when to hold them. |
SAFER stages
| SenseSecure | The weather station is sited to the standard and verified, with a missing reading reported. |
| AssessAccessible | The forecast and the observations reach the control room in the form the dispersion model needs. |
| ForecastFunctional | The dispersion model predicts where the plume will move in the forecast conditions. |
| ExplainEfficient | The result is stated as which operations can run tonight and which cannot. |
| RespondReliable | A named role holds or releases the operation on the forecast, and the decision is recorded. |
InstraData
One InstraData installation supports these monitoring systems. It takes readings from any field device, new or in place, and runs on the organisation's servers or in the cloud. About InstraData