Examples of Emissions and How We Can Help

A parts manufacturing facility must machine its metal stock to exacting specifications. To keep the cutting tool cool, oil coolant is sprayed onto it and the part being machined. The heat generated from the machining operation evaporates a portion of the coolant oil. When the oil vapor reaches the cooler ambient plant environment much of it condenses and the remainder stays in the plant environment as a vapor.

The condensed oil precipitates onto cool surfaces including pipes, floors, ducts, and operating equipment. In addition, very fine oil mist particles remain suspended in the ambient air.

The precipitated oil can cause slipping hazards to employees, fire hazards, increased maintenance due to the build up of oil based gunk and may even decrease the effectiveness of heat exchange equipment.

The oil mist, composed of fine particles, suspended in the plant air can cause a respiratory problem for plant personnel as well as create a blue haze type environment.

We can suggest methods to control the oil mist before it reaches the environment. Controlling these emissions can improve in-plant air quality and raise employee morale plus virtually eliminate slipping hazards and high equipment cleaning costs. Contact us for help.

Virtually any industrial as well as some commercial activities can generate emissions which cause air pollution. Gaseous emissions may include vapors, liquid or solid particulates, or a noxious gas component. Some of these emissions, if left uncontrolled, may cause damage to the environment, people or plant and equipment. Efficiently controlling an emission will remove a potentially harmful material from entering the environment.

Examples of potential pollutants include condensable organics produced by any plasticizer operation, coating operations, drug manufacture, machine operations, power generation and many others. Each source of emission can be treated individually or bundled and treated together with other emissions. There are advantages and disadvantages to each approach.

Sometimes an emission source can be a problem even though it may not lead to air pollution. An example of this is an emission of a corrosive material that can cause physical damage to plant and equipment. The symptoms of this type emission include a deteriorating plant roof, concrete spalling, metal corrosion leading to structural problems, removal of paint from cars parked in the company lot plus many others.

We are experts and can assist you in controlling these costly problems efficiently with minimum impact to your operating results. Contact us for help.

The continuous and reliable operation of your installed environmental equipment is essential to overall facility performance. Equipment that breaks down, operates inefficiently and is otherwise unreliable is a drain on your operating budget and profit performance, let alone the investment dollars that are committed to control a problem. Many times environmental control equipment is second in line to production equipment with regard to efficient operation.

We can assist you by insuring your environmental equipment is operating properly. For example a blower needed to pull an emission through a control device has a loose belt. The effectiveness of the blower will be compromised and the operation of the control device will be inefficient. Other problems may include out of specification pressure drop, liquid or gas flow rate, corrosion of blower wheels, etc.

Get in touch with us so that we can help you achieve effective and efficient emission control equipment operation.