Paula Vosmus, P.E. (LA), Quality Assurance Lead
Education: BS Chemical Engineering – Tulane University
Years Experience: 10+
Key Project Experience:
Climate Impact Assessment & Reporting
Climate Strategy for Carbon Black Manufacturer - Developed mass-based Scope 3 inventory and grade-specific product-level LCAs for a global manufacturer of carbon black. Developed emissions data based projection and analysis that highlighted opportunities for direct carbon reduction for global assets.
Scope 1, 2, 3 Inventory - Developed from the ground up GHG inventories for multiple clients in sectors such as transportation, plastic liner/film producer, renewable energy, carbon black, and consumer products.
Customized Carbon Tool for Artificial Turf - Collaborated with a large, North American provider of artificial turf sports fields to develop a customized carbon calculator tool capable of running multiple build, cradle-to-grave scenarios.
Key Project Experience, continued:
Environmental Compliance
Annual Reporting - Streamlining and enhancing annual reporting for multiple petroleum refining clients (Annual Emissions Inventory, Tier II, TRI, Benzene Fenceline Monitoring, TSCA).
VOC from Storage Tanks - In collaboration with Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), developed the Refinery Products Volatile Organic Compounds Calculator (RP-VOC) which provides detailed, bottom up calculation of emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) along the supply chain of refinery products. The model estimates VOC emissions along the supply chain of refined petroleum products from extraction of crude oil in an oil field, transportation to a crude oil terminal upstream of the refinery, operation of the refinery, and subsequent pipeline and product distribution. The tool provides a generic dataset representative of average performance and can also be parameterized to estimate the supply network for a specific refinery. The tool can be accessed at: https://greet.anl.gov/tool_rp_voc
Sector Experience:
Petroleum Refining, Petrochemical, Renewable Fuels, Carbon Black, Consumer Products, Logistics, and Food and Beverage.
Publications/Presentations
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) 102: Electric Vehicle (EV) Global Warming Benefits - A Comprehensive Methodology for Evaluation Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) 102: Electric Vehicle (EV) Global Warming Benefits - A Comprehensive Methodology for Evaluation
Refinery Products Volatile Organic Compounds Emissions Estimator (RP-VOC): User Manual and Technical Documentation. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.2172/1764851. Beath, John, Vosmus, Paula, Kazanski, Rachel, Backes, Sarah, Sebastian, Brandie, Zaimes, Greg, and Hawkins, Troy.
“Latest Trends in Treatment and Mitigation of Gaseous Emissions in Refineries,” World Petroleum Congress, Calgary, June 2000. T. Chris McDonald, Victor Kwentua, Paula McDonald
https://onepetro.org/WPCONGRESS/proceedings-abstract/WPC16/All-WPC16/WPC-30254/201883