Dichloromethane emissions from automotive manufacturing industry in Iran: case study of the SAIPA automotive manufacturing company
2013
Abtahi, Mehrnoosh | Naddafi, Kazem | Mesdaghinia, Alireza | Yaghmaeian, Kamyar | Nabizadeh, Ramin | Jaafarzadeh, Nematollah | Rastkari, Noushin | Saeedi, Reza | Nazmara, Shahrokh
The primary data about the role of automotive manufacturing industry in emitting dichloromethane (DCM) to the environment in Iran are provided by a case study of SAIPA Automotive Manufacturing Company in 2012. The average emission rate and emission factor of DCM in the stack exhaust air streams of the solvent-based automotive painting plant were 6.8 kg·d⁻¹ and 19.5 g per car, respectively. The spray booths had the highest portion (about 85%) of DCM emission in the stack exhaust air streams. The average concentration of DCM (± standard deviation) in the generated wastewater of the factory was 64 ± 12 μg·L⁻¹, but in the effluent of the factory wastewater treatment plant, it was reduced to a nondetectable level. DCM was also observed in three groundwater wells out of five monitored water resources. To control DCM emission and prevent pollution, the replacement of solvent-based paints with water-based paints is highly recommended.
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