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CONTAC T REPOR T From : Wanit a Dunston , U S Environmenta l Protectio n Agency Madeleine Strum, U S Environmenta l Protectio n Agency Dat e e f Contact : Augus t9,199 5 Contact : Donal d Winegar , Senio r Enginee

r rjomp-nv/Agencv ! Th e Duriro n Company, Inc . Telephon e Number ; (S 13\ 746-830 0

CONTAC T SUMMARY Note s prepare

d b y Wanit a Dunston .

• Statemen

to f purpos e t o Donal d Winegar , fro m Wanit a Dunston : EPA i s developin g a MAC T standar

d t o reduc

e HAP emission s from th e reinforce d composite plastic s industry. A surve y wa s sen ti n Augus t1993 t o facilities tha tmanufactur

e reinforce

d plasti c composites . The purpos e o f th e surve y was to investigat

e the type s o f

emissio n contro

l device s bein

g used , suc

h a s incinerators .

• WHA T I S TH

E VOLUMETRI C FLOW RAT E THROUG H TH E CONTROL DEVICE ? W e don' tdea

l in thes e term

s normally. A few factor

s com e i n wit h regar d t o ou r operations . I (Donald ) will loo k int o m y records . I normall

y dea l i n lb/hr, Ib/s , etc . Ther

e 4* - i s n o wa y t o measur

e tha tmachin e hot ; w e ca

n measur e i tcold , bu ttha tdoesn' tgiv e u s an y informatio

n o n emission s when i

ti s running

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• WHA T I S TH

E INLE T CONCENTRATION O F HA P CONSTITUENT S T O TH E OXIDIZER ? Ther

e ar e som e other thing

s goin g o n a

tthe sam e time . W e have take

n measurement

s a tth e outlet . Ther

e ar e severa l stream s whic h d o no tg o th e oxidize r bu t exhausti n th e sam

e strea m a s the incinerator exhaus tSO , YO U MEAN , LET' S SA Y ' Of^ THA T THER

E AR E 3 PROCES S LINES , "1" , "2 " AN D "3" . AL L THRE E LINE S AR E OPERATING, AND LINE 2 EXHAUST S TO TH E INCINERATOR. LINE S 1 AN D 3 D O NO T EXHAUS T T O TH E INCINERATOR

, BUT THEI

RSTREAM S MI

X WIT H TH

E E3ffiAUSJ|RQ M TH E INCINERATOR . Yes . W e measur

e th e Wet concentrations as the&AJ J i s bein g generated , ie, , as th e par tbeing produce

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E AN D DESTRUCTION EFFICIENCIE S FORTH E INCINERATOR ? Som e efficienc y calculations ar

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### calculation s and"bost/fruess" . Thes e value s ar e arrived a tb y providiny-iow n inputs : an d are no tdirectlj(calculat6j p I n du e time , w e ma y hav e t o d o directlcalculation ^ I ti s no t eas y t o measur e Fo rSAR A III- ] 3 , I'v e don e som e calculation s (mas s balanc e concentrations) ; I wil l sen d them t o you .

• O N PAG E 6 O F TH E SURVEY, I N TABL E 2 FO RTH E EPOX Y MOLDIN G PREPRE G COMPOUND , WHA T D O "STACKS : ACETONE " AN D "STACKS : MD3K " REFE RTO ? Well , i f yo u refert o th e survey , w e briefl y explaine d ou rprocess . "W e manufactur

e ou row n epox y moldin g compound . Fiberglas s rovin g i s pulle d throug h a varnis h bat

h o f epox y resi n an

d solven tTh e fiberglass i s impregnate d wit h th e varnis h an d i s pulle d int o an ove n wher e th e solven ti s driven off . Th e rovin g i s the n coole d an d choppe d into a moldin g compound , Th e solven tvapo ri s exhauste d from th e ove n an d $J£- introduce d int

o a catalyti c incinerato rwhere i ti s burne d a t90+ % efficiency. " S o i

tcome s from th e epox y moldin g compound . Th e varnis h bat h i s enclosed . Fume s are exhauste d an d ou tinto th e stack . Th e streama s th e end o f th e ove n goe s throug h th e stac k t o th e roof . Ther e are opening s i n the(6ove r fo rth e rovin g t o pas s through , and s o th e captur e efficienc y has neve rbee n calculated ] There ar e othe rtrac e amounts i n th e room , bu tthere are floorieve l vent s whic h ar

e exhauste d throug

h th e stac k t o th e roof

. weT n • YOU RINCINERATO RI S CATALYTIC ; WH O WA S TH E MANUFACTURER ? Th e equipmentwa s from S-M-Mt-Matthey-Bishop , butthe y ar e n o longe ri n business . 0f£ Johnson-Matthe y still make s catalys tbed s (an d catalyti c incinerators , too , I think) . WHA T ARE TH E CAPITAL/OPERATIN G COST S FOB . THI S UNIT ? I don' texactl y kno w that . I don' tkno w i f

ou raccountin g departmen

thandled tha tinformatio n o r*? A calculate d th e specifi c cost s associated .

• I S THER E A N EMISSIO N TES T AVAILABL E FRO M YOU RFACILITY ? WeU , ther e i s difficult y i n gettin g thes e measurements , as I describe d earlier . W e maintain th e LE L o n _JJ £ solvents , t o preventexplosion . W e measured stac k outpu tt o compl y wit h th e permit, but n o ongoin g informatio n i s available . ADDITIONA L QUESTIONS/COMMENT S 1 . PLEAS E CHEC KWIT H ACCOUNTIN G T O FIN D TH E CAPITAL/OPERATIN G COST S ASSOCIATE D WIT H TH E OXIDIZER ; I F THI S I S NO T POSSIBLE , COUL D YO U PROVID E TH E MAKE/MODE L O F TH E UNIT , A S WELL A S TH E PHON E NUMBE RFO R JOHNSON-MATTHEY?,- - .*/© - 97/ S/OO 2 . WHATAR E TH E CAPITAL/ANNUALIZE D OPERATIN G COST S FO RTH E OXIDIZER ? &> ** /

fc«0uj dpe&fUj C*rff . 3 . WHA T I S TH E INLE T CONCENTRATIO N (T O TH E INCINERATOR ) O F HA P ^ '*'* V7,r* CONSTITUENTS ? (phenol , formaldehyde , methanol , etc. ) < / fa % + **- ** * '* " * '



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5 . I T I S FURTHERSTATED THA T SOLVENT FUME S (CONSISTIN G O F LES S - O THA N 0. 1 TP

Y OF HA P EMISSIONS ) AR E VENTE

D T O TH E INCINERATO RDURIN G ' TH E SATURATIO N PROCESS . AR E THES E TH

E SAM E ONE S YO U WER

E REFERRIN G ' T O I N TH

E SATURATIO N PROCES S DESCRIPTION ABOVE 1 ? 6 . WHYARETHERENOEMISSIONSFROMCURrNGDURINGTHELAMrNATION/ ^ TUB E ROLLIN G PROCESS , BUT THER E AR E EMISSION S FRO

M THE SATURATIO N ' PROCESS ? A? 3 ? 9etrff9C6&s . 7 . CF

A (COMPOSITE S FABRICATION ASSOCIATION) WOUL D TER M YOUR-^ 1 W * PROCES S A S CONTINUOU S LAMINATION . CONTINUOU S LAMINATION I S DEFINED^-^^ j A S TH B FOLLOWING : reinforcemen tan d resi n ar e combine

d o n a plasti c film tha

ti s pulle d ."^ j itf ^ throug h th e process . A secon d plasti c film i s applie d ove r th e reinforcemen

tan d resin to allo w mixin g an d exclusio n o f

ai r tha ti s usually accomplishe

d b y compactio

n rollers . Th e curin

g i s don e i n a n oven . I n thi s process , sheets ar

e continuall

y produced , like SMC , the n hea ti s applie d t o cur e them ; th e application ha s a bath . I ti s als o simila

r t o pultrusion. 8 . WH

Y D O YOU REPOX Y RESIN S HAVE HA P EMISSIONS ? (I N SATURATIO N y PROCESS , TH

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