Catalytic Oxidation System Design

Services:

• Basis of Design
• Bid Specifications
• Design
• Safety
• Testing

Schedule: 3 Years

Budget: $230,000

• Prepared bid specifications for the catalytic oxidation unit
• Designed ancillary equipment, including ductwork, foundations, and electrical and mechanical systems
• Demonstrated the capture and destruction efficiency of the catalytic oxidation unit
• Submitted documents to comply with air permitting reporting requirements
• Evaluation of control alternatives
• Provided the ancillary design package, including new ductwork, foundation design, and electrical connections 

• Assisted client in reducing coating-operation emissions of volatile organic compounds to comply with state regulations
• Prepared and submitted Variance Petition to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA), which allowed the facility to continue to operate until a suitable emission control strategy could be identified and instituted
• Catalytic oxidizer was designed to reduce inlet VOC emissions by at least 95%
• Incorporated extensive safety precautions into the design of the PTEs, including vapor sensors, lower explosive limit and oxygen monitors, Lucite construction, and "fail-open" doors
• The results of the compliance test indicated that the catalytic oxidizer is operating at greater than 99% VOC destruction efficiency
• Face velocities across the natural draft openings of the PTEs were in excess of 200 ft/min during the compliance test, satisfying the requirements of a PTE, and allowing the facility to assume a capture efficiency of 100%

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