Air Emissions from Reinforced Plastics Composite Manufacturing Process LASCO211 Panel Products: Volume 1

摘要

The United State Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Emission Standards211u001eDivision (ESD) requested that the EPA's Emissions Monitoring and Analysis 211u001eDivision (EMAD), Emission Measurement Center (EMC) provide testing support in the 211u001einvestigation of the reinforced plastics composite manufacturing source category 211u001eto properly set the Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) standards as 211u001erequired by the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. The reinforced plastics 211u001ecomposite manufacturing process located at LASCO Panel Products in Florence, 211u001eKentucky was selected by the ESD as the host facility for this emissions testing 211u001eprogram. The sampling program was designed to support the following ESD 211u001eobjectives: (1) Identify and quantify the hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) emitted 211u001eby reinforced plastic manufacturing, (2) Identify the sources of HAPs and the 211u001etotal HAPs mass emission rates from the wet application area and the oven area, 211u001e(3) Evaluate three ventilation scenarios, (4) Depending on the effectiveness of 211u001ethe industry proposed 'closed' system, develop a performance-based emission 211u001elimitation achieved by the use of a wet area enclosed table system, (5) Assess 211u001ethe existing emission factors for volatile organic compound emissions from a 211u001econtinuous lamination process for the purposes of updating the information in AP-211u001e42 and determining cost effectiveness for MACT options involving emissions 211u001eabatement, and (6) Determine the effect of various process parameters such as 211u001eline speed, laminate thickness, HAP content of raw material and the addition of a 211u001egel coat layer on the emission factor. Sampling was performed during 13 process 211u001eoperating conditions. Measurements were made of the total hydrocarbons (THC), 211u001estyrene, cumene, and methyl methacrylate (MMA), and the air flow rate at all 211u001eenclosure exhausts. A secondary objective of the sampling program was to obtain 211u001ethe emissions of HAPs from the oven stacks. This volume (Volume I) is comprised 211u001eof 464 pages and consists of the report text and Appendix A.1 (Manual Methods Raw 211u001eField Data).