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PAINT SPRAY BOOTH DESIGN USING RECIRCULATION/PARTITIONING VENTILATION
Citation:
Darvin*, C H., D. Proffitt, AND J. Ayer. PAINT SPRAY BOOTH DESIGN USING RECIRCULATION/PARTITIONING VENTILATION. Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy 17(3):199-202, (1998).
Impact/Purpose:
Published Journal Article
Description:
Many spray painting facility operators have been attempting to reduce the discharge of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from paint spray booths to the atmosphere. Some have been able to convert to lower VOC containing paints and coatings such as powder coating, waterborne coating, and radiation cured coatings. However, because of the functional requirements of some painted surfaces, acceptable low polluting paints may not be available. Thus, these operations must continue to use higher polluting paint formulations. The control of emissions from paint booths has been considered not economically viable due to the cost of treating the high volume of polluted air exhausted from these sources. However, studies conducted by EPA with various Department of Defense (DoD) services have demonstrated that the cost of typical spray booth control can be significantly reduced through the use of spray booth recirculation. Reductions of exhaust flow rates of up to 90 percent, when using recirculation, have been achieved in properly designed and operated booths without concern for the industrial hygiene or fire safety issues often mentioned when discussing recirculating booths. This paper presents the results of the design and demonstration program for a full scale recirculating spray paint booth installed and operated at the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), Marine Corps Logistics Bases (MCLB) facility at Barstow, CA. It also summarizes the regulatory and safety design issues of recirculation spray booths. Copy available at NTIS as PB98116346.
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