Choosing the Most Efficient Oxidizer

摘要

Regenerative, catalytic and thermal: all heat the effluent to the point of destruction of 95 percent or more of VOC content in your exhaust stream. But which design is right for your process? Sometimes, there's no way around it. You have a process that includes volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and you can't reformulate the coating. The law says you need pollution control. An effective type of pollution control is incineration, but what equipment do you use? Obviously, the least expensive, initially and operationally. However, this is an area where some can go wrong by choosing the wrong type for the process. There are three common types of incinerators: regenerative, catalytic and thermal. The basic concept to all: heating the effluent to the point of destruction of 95 percent or more of VOC content. How this occurs varies among the three designs.