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Control Technology

Elimination of VOC Emissions from Surface Coating Operations

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Pages 1015-1019 | Received 11 May 1991, Accepted 14 Nov 1992, Published online: 06 Mar 2012
 

Abstract

Collectively, surface coating operations using paints with hydrocarbon solvents may well be the largest industrial source of volatile organic compounds (VOC) and hazardous air pollutants (HAP). Most surface coating operations involve the manual application of paint with spray equipment inside a paint spray booth. The booth exhaust system collects the solvent fumes and then exhausts them through a stack to the atmosphere. Stack emissions are characteristically high in flow rate and low in concentration. Since control equipment is sized based on exhaust flow rate rather than concentration, control of VOC and HAP requires large, expansive abatement equipment. Simple, effective designs employing recycling of air have greatly reduced the exhaust flow rate and the cost of the control equipment. However, these designs are not popular because they are burdened by various flaws, notably worker endangerment. The Mobile Zone recirculation system can be incorporated into new construction or retrofitted to existing spray booths and will reduce the exhaust volumes ranging from 65 to 95 percent without adversely affecting the production rate, production quality or worker safety.

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