United States Air and Energy Engineering Environmental Protection Research Laboratory Agency Research Triangle Park NC 27711 Research and Development EPA/600/S2-90/058 December 1992 Project Summary Solvent Chemical Inventory of the Newark AFB Building 4 Facility P.J. Brewer, A.S. McElligott, and J. Ayer A solvent chemical inventory was performed at Newark AFB to develop a chemical usage profile of the Building 4 facility, and identify primary sources of solvent emissions. This survey was per- formed in two parts. Part 1 consisted of a chemical inventory survey which de- fined solvent chemical usage rates and locations. Part 2 was the development of a mass balance profile for the two most commonly used solvents: 1,1,2- trichloro-1,2,2-trifluoroethane (CFC-113) and 1,1,1-trichloroethane (TCA). The re- sults of the mass balance efforts were used to identify significant CFC-113 and TCA emission sources and develop a test matrix for quantifying solvent emis- sions from the identified sources. It was found that nearly all of the CFC-113 is lost from sources that are vented either directly to the atmosphere or to poorly operated solvent vapor recovery sys- tems. This Project Summary was devel- oped by EPA's Air and Energy Engi- neering Research Laboratory, Research Triangle Park, NC, to announce key find- ings of the research project that is fully documented in a separate report of the same title (see Project Report ordering information at back). Printed on Recycled Paper ------- P.J. Brewer, A.S. McElligott, andJ. Ayerare with Acurex Corp., Mountain View, CA 94039. Charles H. Darvin is the EPA Project Officer, (see below). The complete report, entitled "Solvent Chemical Inventory of the Newark AFB Building 4 Facility," (Order No. ADA 242-320; Cost: $17.00, subject to change) will be available only from: National Technical Information Service 5285 Port Royal Road Springfield, VA 22161 Telephone: 703-487-4650 The EPA Project Officer can be contacted at: Air and Energy Engineering Research Laboratory U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 United States Environmental Protection Agency Center for Environmental Research Information Cincinnati, OH 45268 Official Business Penalty for Private Use $300 BULK RATE POSTAGE & FEES PAID EPA PERMIT No. G-35 EPA/600/S2-90/058 ------- |