THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF THE 1990 CLEAN AIR ACT ON THE PAINTING OPERATIONS IN AUTOMOTIVE ASSEMBLY PLANTS WAS STUDIED IN DETAIL. VARIOUS OPTIONS WERE EVALUATED AS TO THEIR COST-EFFECTIVENESS IN MEETING FUTURE REGULATIONS. ANTICIPATED VOC EMISSION LIMITS CAN BE ACHIEVED BY INSTALLING ABATEMENT EQUIPMENT. NEW COATINGS OR APPLICATION TECHNIQUES CAN BE INSTALLED TO ACHIEVE THE SAME LIMITS. ABATEMENT SYSTEMS WERE FOUND TO BE MORE COST-EFFECTIVE THAN ALTERNATE COATINGS TECHNOLOGIES. OVERALL, A COMBINATION OF ADD-ON CONTROLS AND SOLVENT SUBSTITUTION WAS FOUND TO BE THE MOST COST-EFFECTIVE APPROACH TO MEETING EMISSION STANDARDS THAT GO INTO EFFECT IN THE 1990S.
| Number of Pages : | 15 |
| Published : | 06/01/1993 |
