OCTOBER 2023 9 ENVIRONMENTAL BUSINESS REVIEWand enhance compliance. Previously, fixed sensors were used in and around facilities. The data from these sensors had to be manually pulled, analyzed, and distributed. Now, softwares such as Montrose's Real Time Monitoring are revolutionizing the LDAR industry, monitoring VOC compounds 24/7, providing incident alerts, tracking events and hazards, and therefore, improving awareness within and credibility of facilities. This makes Real Time not only a software, but a decision support system. Once clients get an alert, they know an operational decision must be made. After experiencing success within the first couple weeks, they become confident in the software, and they can become hands-off. The credibility between the client and the system becomes the solution that sets Real Time Monitoring apart from other softwares. This data is not only available to the clients, but also the general public. It provides a transparency that manual databases do not, linking the environmental relationship between private corporations and surrounding communities. Due to an increasing public awareness of air quality importance, there are constantly changing state and federal regulations. One of the biggest goals of any LDAR program is detecting the lowest level of compounds in hopes of complying with current and future regulatory oversight. Within improving program management, both low detection and quick reporting are necessary to stay on top of LDAR technology. Montrose's Proton Transfer Reaction Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry (PTR-TOF-MS) Mobile Laboratory combines both of these needs. The PTR-TOF-MS is enabled with triangulation platforms that pull in methane leak data down to the parts per trillion and at a rate of up to one data point per half-second. This technology differentiates itself from competitors through its advanced software. Montrose uses a highly advanced algorithm to triangulate the origin of a methane leak, built to consider wind trajectory and velocity, signal strength, at least two vectors for an intersection point, and meteorological conditions. These emerging technologies are not only revolutionizing LDAR programs, but they are paving the path for a future where our communities can breathe cleaner, healthier air. They are advocating for stronger air quality laws, fighting to curb climate change, and finally achieving pristine air. Emerging technologies are not only revolutionizing LDAR programs, but they are paving the path for a future where our communities can breathe cleaner, healthier air
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