Development of Emission Factors for Polyamide Processing

George Kriek Bayer Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Nelson Lazear Bayer Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Verne Rhodes Product Regulatory Services, Gulf Breeze, Florida, USA

Joe Barnes Honeywell Engineered Applications & Solutions, Hopewell, Virginia, USA

John Bollmeier DuPont Engineering Polymers, Wilmington, Delaware, USA

Jane Chen Chuang Battelle, Columbus, Ohio, USA

Michael W. Holdren Battelle, Columbus, Ohio, USA

Anthony S. Wisbith Battelle, Columbus, Ohio, USA

Jennifer Hayward Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc, Washington, DC, USA

Diane Pietrzyk BASF Corporation, Wyandotte, Michigan, USA

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Emission factors for selected volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and particulate material were developed during processing of commercial grades of polyamide 6, polyamide 66, and polyamide 66/6 resins. A small commercial-type extruder was used, and melt temperatures ranged from 475 to 550 °F. An emission factor was calculated for each substance measured and is reported as pounds released to the atmosphere per million pounds of polymer resin processed. Scaled to production volumes, these emission factors can be used by processors to estimate emission quantities from similar polyamide extrusion operations.

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