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News Release from: Eco Technology | Subject: Odour elimination
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 10 August 2004
Neutralising styrene and methyl
methacrylate odour
An Eco Technology odour neutralisation solution in the form a liquid spray has resulted in a significant reduction of emissions, as well as the elimination of all detectable production odours
Hambleside Danelaw has been manufacturing fibre glass roofing materials for the construction industry at Dalcross, Inverness since the mid seventies The company has been an innovator of many new products for the market, such as their honeycomb "Insulator" rooflight designed to have the lowest U Value on the market, and was one of the first companies in Britain to obtain the BS EN ISO 9001:2000 accreditation
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 18 Mar 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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As a Part B, IPPC process operator and in order to comply with new IPPC requirements, Hambleside Danelaw decided to search for a best practice and cost effective solution to their emissions including odours.
Mr Raymond Khan their Quality, Safety and Environment Manager, working from their new facility in Inverness, Scotland, undertook a review of the technologies available within the UK market, and made contact with Eco Technology Ltd.
Eco Technology Limited presented a solution in the form a liquid odour neutralisation product from their Super F range.
The most cost effective application method was determined to be an air atomising system, with independently controlled atomising heads, applied directly to the extraction vents.
The system is mains powered, with an industrial compressed air supply, and has potential for extended use within the factory premises.
Trials were conducted by atomising the Super F product in to the stack emissions, and resulted in complete odour neutralisation.
Furthermore, using detection equipment, readings taken from the stack output demonstrated a reduction of up to 25% in styrene and 18% in MMA emissions.
Mr Khan submitted a document of over forty pages that summarised his findings to the Regulator, the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA).
SEPA have subsequently accepted this method of odour control as applying BAT (Best Available Technique), and as a result Hambleside Danelaw have been given their permit to operate.
Notably, the site is believed to be the first in the UK to obtain their permit, issued under the more stringent IPPC Regulations to operate a Part B process under Section 4.1 Organic Chemicals (Part B (c)).
Mr Khan commented " Having carried out a BAT assessment for our Part B Process Application it soon became obvious to us that neutralisation was the answer to the problem of VOC odours from the process.
Having carried out the trial with Eco Technology we were very pleased by the fact that there was no detectable odour at all from the stacks and we were amazed by the levels of Styrene and Methyl Methacrylate reduction as we could not have hoped for such an excellent result.".
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