Emissions from Processing

In a 2-year study, the emissions produced during the processing of a series of thermoplastic materials were investigated. In the case of HIPS, the emissions at sheet extrusion and injection molding processes were monitored. Sheet extrusion was done at 193°C, whereas, injection molding was done at 225°C. 

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The emission levels generated at the processing of HIPS were estimated from static monitors positioned around the engine. In the monitoring positions stainless steel tubes packed with Tenax and Chromosorb as a general purpose adsorbent material were established. After sampling, the adsorbed chemicals were desorbed at 250°C and subsequently analyzed by gas chromatography (GC) coupled with mass spectroscopy (MS). 

The species that have been detected at sheet extrusion were mostly aromatics, styrene being the most prominent compound. From the injection molding experiments a wider range of volatiles with significantly higher concentrations was measured in comparison to those for the sheet extrusion experiments. 

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The primary concern abont hazardons processes is that they be operated in a safe manner so that fires, deflagrations, detonations, and releases of flammable and toxic gases into the atmosphere or inside process bnildings are eliminated or minimized. Also of great concern from an environmental standpoint is the control and minimization of volatile organic componnd (VOC) emissions from process vents and fugitive sources. 

The largest volume of atmospheric emissions from process plants occurs from combustion producing gaseous emissions. Such emissions are created from ... 

FGD is used to control S02 emissions from coal and oil combustion from electric utilities and industrial sources. Impingement scrubbers are one wet scrubber configuration used to bring exhaust gases into contact with a sorbent designed to remove the S02. On occasion, wet scrubbers have been applied to S02 emissions from processes in the primary non-ferrous metals industries (e.g., copper, lead, and aluminum), but sulfuric acid or elemental sulfur plants are more popular control devices for controlling the high S02 concentrations associated with these processes. 

Air emissions from a petroleum distillation unit include emissions from the combustion of fuels in process heaters and boilers, fugitive emissions of volatile constituents in the crude oil and fractions, and emissions from process vents. The primary source of emissions is combustion of fuels in the crude preheat furnace and in boilers that produce steam for process heat and stripping. When operating in an optimum condition and burning cleaner fuels (e.g., natural gas, refinery gas), these heating units create relatively low emissions of sulfur oxides, (SO c), nitrogen oxides (NO c), carbon monoxide (CO), hydrogen sulfide (H2S), particulate... 

Emissions from catalytic reforming (Figure 4.14) include fugitive emissions of volatile constituents in the feed and emissions from process heaters and boilers. As with all process heaters in the refinery, combustion of fossil fuels produces emissions of sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, particulate matter, and volatile hydrocarbons. 

Methylenediphenyl diisocyanate can be released to the environment in waste stream emissions from sites of industrial manufacture and use. Toxic Release Inventory reports to the United States Environmental Protection Agency before at least the mid-1990s were subject to serious overestimation of the releases to the environment, because of errors in the way that the figures were calculated by industry. Within the European Union, total emissions from production sites in 1996 were about 43 kg and emissions from processing plants in the same year were about 7100 kg (European Union, 1999). 

Schaic JR. Estimate fugitive emissions from process equipment. Chem Eng Prog 1991 31-35. 

While the emission from process (19.43) has a band character, that from the process (19.44) is continuous. Most of the calculations have been per-... 

Institute LDAR Program Institute a leak detection and repair program for fugitive emissions from process equipment (valves, flanges, pump seals, etc.) and consider costs and benefits. 

Alternative Control Techniques Document - NO Emissions from Process Heaters (Revised) U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Bulletin EPA-453/R-93-034, September 1993. 

Environmental regulations continue to reduce the allowable NO emissions from process heaters [17]. This has led to the development of ultra low NO burners [50,51]. One important issue has become the measurement of emissions as the levels get lower as slight errors are significant, because they are now a much higher proportion of the overall emission level. This section considers the potential error associated with the overall NOx (NO -I- NO2) emissions from process heaters. 

With the increasing awareness of human exposure risk factors, the EPA has promulgated several regulations that apply to air and water emissions from process activities, storage of bulk chemicals, and treatment and disposal of solid wastes in a given manufacturing facility ... 

Table 53.1 lists the types of devices that can be used to control emissions from process dryers. The selection procedure is always dictated by experience, reviewing the advantages and disadvantages of each type of air pollution control equipment, and capability of the equipment to meet the technical requirements of the process and to achieve compliance with the regulations at the lowest overall cost. In some drying installations, the cost of the equipment needed to comply with regulations can exceed that of the dryer itself. 

Emissions from process heaters fired with waste process gas or waste liquids will consist of standard combustion products. 

Fabric stored in warehouses can produce volatile emissions from process residues, especially printing, dyeing, or finishing chemicals that remain in the fabric. The most important of these is formaldehyde, but others, notably hydrocarbons (e.g., from softeners and wax water repellent finishes), can be present. 

ECVM (2004). "Identification, measurement and control of fugitive emissions from process equipment leaks". 

The atmospheric pollution by cadmium is a result both of natural and man-made activities, such as the combustion processes based on fossil fuels (in particular coal and oil) and the emission from processes in the pyro-metallurigical non-ferrous metal industries. The deposition, transport, and inhalation processes are controlled predominantly by the size of the atmospheric aerosols, so that the primary type of speciation of interest to atmospheric chemists is the metal size distribution. However, chemical speciation (in terms of the distribution of both the dissolved/ particulate species and the inorganic/organic complexes) is important in governing... 

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