If you wish to receive up-to-date information on upcoming seminars or programs, contact us directly as rjoseph@exponent.com. There are no workshops scheduled at this time. Agenda - Who Should Attend - Cost of Program - Date & Location Who Should Attend and What is Covered? This 2-day seminar is aimed at environmental professionals who need to compute VOC, HAP and ODC emissions in their paint facilities. The calculations cover air quality compliance to demonstrate that the individual coatings satisfy current or future regulations. Calculations "including" and "excluding" water or exempt solvents. Participants are taught how to utilize information from MSDS as well as chemical analyses of coatings to calculate compliance. Calculations to determine the composite vapor pressure of a solvent blend, as required by some existing regulations, and particularly new MACT standards. Calculations for SARA Title III are performed. Professionals will learn how to perform calculations for permitting spray facilities. This includes the calculations required for Title V Permitting. If historical records are not available it might be necessary to compute emissions by means of a mass balance. Examples are provided. A comprehensive section is provided on equivalency. This is useful not only to determine if equivalency has been attained, but also for calculating excess emissions when non-compliance has taken place. Basic calculations of fugitive and stack emissions resulting from the use of an abatement device. Useful calculations to determine the concentration of VOC in an air stream given mass flow, and vice versa. Determination of Lower Explosive Limits (LEL), especially for VOC streams which are abated by thermal processes.
How is This Course Taught? How Well Educated Does One Need to Be? 
Cost of Program $850 per person $700 per person for 3 or more people from the same company We accept Purchase Orders and DD-Form 1556. No refunds offered/cancellations accepted after November 4, 2002. How to Get To The HotelThings to do while in the Laconia area.
Agenda Evaluating Quality of VOC Information Understanding when to use: Material Safety Data Sheets Product Technical Data Sheets Chemical Analyses EPA Method 24 or 24a
What to do when standard methods are not available Discussion of the most important ASTM methods of analysis Accuracy and reliability of data Status regarding two-component coatings, inks, reactive diluents Important hints for completing permit applications or performing emissions calculations Typical leeway allowed by agencies Derivation of basic equations Useful conversion factors
Basic VOC Calculations for Titles I, III and V Explanation of concepts VOCs for single-component coatings and mixtures VOCs for two-component coatings and mixtures How much diluting solvent can be added VOCs when HAPs are included in the formulation VOCs for water-borne and exempt solvent coatings VOCs from Material Safety Data Sheets Air Toxics and SARA Title III, Section 313 assignment
Calculations Involving Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs) Differentiating between VOCs and HAPs Using analytical test data When water is added More complex calculation with water
Complex Calculations Involving VOCs Calculating Equivalency Utilizing (lbs/gal solids as applied) Explanation of concepts Simple calculations Calculations for water-borne coatings Effect of transfer efficiency on emissions Effect of VOC content on emissions Discussion of Alternative Emissions Control Plans and EPA's proposed NESHAPS Calculations of equivalency (bubbles) Calculations of excess emissions Other useful exercises
Calculating % Volume Solids for a Coating or Coating Mixture Explanation of concepts Single-component coatings and mixtures Two-component coatings and mixtures Approximations from Material Safety Data Sheets
Calculating Emissions Based on a Mass Balance Calculations of Capture Efficiency When Using an Abatement Device Calculating Composite Vapor Pressures for Solvent/Water Mixtures This session allows one to make compliance determinations under the Aerospace NESHAP and other regulations What is partial vapor pressure Equation for calculating composite vapor pressure Dealing with water and exempt compounds Examples
Calculations Involving Concentrations (PPMv) & Mass Flow (lbs/hr) Explanation of gram-mole and lb-mole Explanation of volume occupied by 1 lb-mole Explanation of gas or vapor density Derivation of equations for converting from PPMv to lbs/hr Value of knowing carbon/(carbon+hydrogen) ratio Sample problems
Calculations Involving Lower Explosive Limits (LEL) How to Calculate Emission and Cost Savings Based on Improved Painter Performance 
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