VOC emissions controls for aluminum cold rolling mills
- Fluor Daniel, Inc., Greenville, SC (United States)
- Alcan Rolled Products Co., Oswego, NY (United States)
- Sulzer Chemtech, Rexdale, Ontario (Canada)
This paper is a case history of retrofitting VOC emissions controls to two (2) aluminum cold rolling mills at an aluminum sheet complex in central New York. The plant site was located in the northeast ozone transport region, and it was necessary to achieve compliance with VOC emissions limitations. Emissions control equipment included high efficiency filters for VOC mists and a wash oil process for scrubbing VOC vapors. All rolling oil was recovered for reuse on site. A vacuum distillation process was used to separate wash oil from rolling oil. The equipment began operating in mid-1995, and long term results have proven the validity of the recovery concept. Total project costs were $7.2 million for two (2) 60,000 ACFM systems. Project duration from the date of the initial request for equipment price quotations to the first round of stack testing was twenty (20) months. The modular construction of the vacuum distillation equipment simplified field erection and shortened the duration of field work. Stack testing indicated overall VOC collection efficiencies that exceeded regulatory requirements. Initially, problems were experienced with Method 25 stack testing methodology. Final results were confirmed by two (2) independent methods.
- OSTI ID:
- 625661
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9702113-; TRN: 98:002184-0036
- 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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