TANKS

Air emissions data Air emissions reductions strategy

Description

TANKS, Version 5 is a browser-based application that estimates volatile organic compound (VOC) and hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emissions from fixed- and floating-roof storage tanks.

Questions this resource can help answer

What are the emissions from a specific type of storage tank?

How do I use this resource?

Estimate volatile organic compounds and HAP from storage tanks

Resource information

Resource owner

Format

Website

Backup URL

Update Frequency

Annually

Geographic Coverage

United States

Technical specifications

Methodology

The TANKS, Version 5 application employs a chemical database of over 100 organic liquids, and a meteorological database of over 250 cities in the United States. TANKS, Version 5 is capable of calculating individual component emissions using user-defined speciation profiles for mixtures and petroleum liquids.

Sectors

Commercial

Other Specifications

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