Thermal oxidizer

for VOC reduction

Volatile organic compounds (VOC) which are one of the main components used in many industrial process suddenly evaporates when contacted with the air and causes serious health effects and adverse environmental effects. Although there are several definitions for VOCs, which are one of the main components in many industrial processes, they can simply be defined as organic chemicals that suddenly evaporate when contacted with the air even at room temperatures. In literature, European Union defines VOC as any organic compound having at 293,15 K 20 oC)a vapour pressure of 0,01 kPa or more. VOCs may result from different activities including thermal processes, use of organic solvent in production processes, transport and handling of liquid fuels and organic compounds such us petrol and its derivatives, refineries and organic chemical industries. In general, all industries using solvents and organic petrochemical products cause VOC emissions. Inside a processing plant, there are two main locations which can be a VOC emission source. The first one is the process activities itself inside the mixers, storage tanks and so on. Since these are considered as point sources, determination of the VOC emission is relatively easy. A piping system shall be placed into these sources in order to collect the VOCs and send them to the treatment unit. The second source is the fugitive emissions from the process equipment leaks. These fugitive emission sources include emissions during the transportation of the chemicals/solvents within the plant. Therefore, these cannot be point sources and directly increases indoor VOC concentration.