From: "Fritz, Wesley" <Wesley.Fritz@WestonSolutions.com> 

 

 

 

 To: Jodi Howard/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA 

 Cc: "Johnson, Scott D. (HNY)" <Scott.Johnson@Polyone.com>, "Sistrunk, Otis

J. (POC)" <Otis.Sistrunk@polyone.com> 

 

 

 Date: 11/24/2010 11:05 AM 

 Subject: Polyone Resin Mass Calculation - Henry Plant 

Jodi,

On behalf of Polyone’s Henry, IL facility, we have attached is an

example calculation showing how the mass of specific compounds found in

the resin and slurry streams was calculated. This example calculation is

specific to PolyOne’s Henry, IL plant. This information is intended to

be an addendum to the submittal the Henry facility provided to EPA last

Friday.

Please feel free to contact me should you have any questions.

Thanks, Wes

Wesley Fritz

Weston Solutions, Inc.

IAS North - Operations Manager

1400 Weston Way

West Chester, PA 19380

Ph: (610) 701-3944

Cell: (610) 721-6419

wes.fritz@westonsolutions.com

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 -- (See attached file: Process_Example_Calcs_Henry.pdf)
Equations & Sample Calculations 

ICR Process Data 

PolyOne, Henry, IL 

Moisture Correction, Strippers & Dryers:

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Notes: 

• Some dried resins had trace levels of moisture, reported as “<1%”. These samples were treated 

as having 0% moisture (no correction). 

• There were 5 grades of resin, G‐1 through G‐5. Grades G‐1 through G‐3 were dispersion resins, 

and Grades G‐4 & G‐5 were suspension resins. The dispersion and suspension grades were 

sampled independently (for both slurry and dried resin). 

Target Compound Mass:

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Analytical results were reported in parts per billion by mass (ug/kg) in resin and slurry for all compounds 

except acetaldehyde, formaldehyde, and methanol. For those three compounds, lab results were in 

parts per million (mg/kg). Lab results for acetaldehyde, formaldehyde, and methanol were converted 

to ppb for calculations (multiplied by 1,000). 
Example Calculations:

Done using Vinyl Chloride and data from 12/9/2009. 

Production Data: 

Resin 

Grade 

Slurry 

Production 

(lbs wet) 

Slurry 

Moisture 

(%) 

Resin 

Production 

(lbs wet) 

Resin 

Moisture 

(%) 

G‐1 116,768 62 72,250 1.1 

G‐2 119,650 62 97,500 1.1 

G‐4 28,350 78 55,519 <1 

G‐5 49,200 78 26,000 <1 

G1 + G2 = Dispersion Slurry & Resin 

G4 + G5 = Suspension Slurry & Resin 

Dispersion Grades: 

• Total Dispersion Slurry, Dry = [116,768 + 119,650] lbs wet * (1 – 0.62) = 89,839 lbs slurry (dry) 

• Total Dispersion Resin, Dry = [72,250 + 97,500] lbs wet * (1 – 0.011) = 167,883 lbs resin (dry) 

• Vinyl Chloride, Dispersion Slurry (lbs) = 89,839 lbs dry * 94,000 ppb * 1 x 10‐9

 = 8.44 lbs 

• Vinyl Chloride, Dispersion Resin (lbs) = 167,883 lbs dry * 2,500 ppb * 1 x 10‐9

 = 0.420 lbs 

Suspension Grades: 

• Total Suspension Slurry, Dry = [28,350 + 49,200] lbs wet * (1 – 0.78) = 17,061 lbs slurry (dry) 

• Total Suspension Resin, Dry = [55,519 + 26,000] lbs wet * (1 – 0.0) = 81,519 lbs resin (dry) 

• Vinyl Chloride, Suspension Slurry (lbs) = 17,061 lbs dry * 2,300 ppb * 1 x 10‐9

 = 0.0392 lbs 

• Vinyl Chloride, Suspension Resin (lbs) = 81,519 lbs dry * 630 ppb * 1 x 10‐9

 = 0.0514 lbs