Styrene emission abatement in a bathtub manufacturing plant
- Weatherly Inc., Atlanta, GA (United States)
EPA is moving forward on promulgating the National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP-MACT) for the Reinforced Plastics/Composites Source Category which affects styrene emitters like the American Standard plant. While most composites manufacturers are taking a wait and see approach, American Standard realized the need to move foreward with the controls. Styrene has a reputation of being a difficult VOC to abate. Most adsorption technologies shy away from this monomer due to reactions that cause fires. Weatherly refined their treatment of styrene emissions with experience from installations at similar plants in Europe. Weatherly installed a 35,000 scfm concentrator/oxidation Polyad{trademark} system in 1996 at American Standard`s bathtub manufacturing plant in Salem, Ohio. The styrene emissions are captured in the spray booth exhaust and discharged to the Polyad{trademark} system. The system is achieving 93% removal efficiency on the styrene emissions. This paper will describe the Weatherly Polyad{trademark} VOC abatement system at American Standard`s Salem Ohio plant.
- OSTI ID:
- 625660
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9702113-; TRN: 98:002184-0035
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Specialty conference on emerging solutions to VOC and air toxics control, San Diego, CA (United States), 26-28 Feb 1997; Other Information: PBD: 1997; Related Information: Is Part Of Emerging solutions to VOC & air toxics control; PB: 525 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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