title: Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in surface coating materials: Their compositions and potential as an alternative fuel.
abstract: A sampling system was designed to determine the composition ratios of VOCs emitted from 31 surface coating materials (SCMs). Representative architectural, automotive, and marine SCMs in Korea were investigated. Toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene were the predominant VOCs. The VOC levels (wt%) from automotive SCMs were significantly higher than those from architectural and marine paints. It was found that target SCMs comprised mainly VOCs with 6-10 carbon atoms in molecules, which could be adsorbed by activated carbon. The saturated activated carbon which had already adsorbed toluene, ethylbenzene, and m-xylene was combusted. The saturated activated carbon was more combustible than new activated carbon because it comprised inflammable VOCs. Therefore, it could be an alternative fuel when using in a "fuelization system". To use the activated carbon as a fuel, a control technology of VOCs from a coating process was also designed and introduced.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Engineering, Konkuk University, 120 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-Gu, Seoul 143-701, South Korea.
authors.forename: Trieu-Vuong
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Dinh
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Engineering, Konkuk University, 120 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-Gu, Seoul 143-701, South Korea.
authors.forename: In-Young
authors.initials: IY
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Research Division for Industry & Environment, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, 29 Geumgu-gil, Jeongeup-si, Jeollabuk-do, 580-185, South Korea.
authors.forename: Youn-Suk
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Son
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Engineering, Konkuk University, 120 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-Gu, Seoul 143-701, South Korea.
authors.forename: Kyu-Yong
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Engineering, Konkuk University, 120 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-Gu, Seoul 143-701, South Korea; Department of Advanced Technology Fusion, Konkuk University, 120 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-Gu, Seoul 143-701, South Korea.
authors.forename: Young
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sunwoo
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Engineering, Konkuk University, 120 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-Gu, Seoul 143-701, South Korea. Electronic address: jckim@konkuk.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Jo-Chun
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D001555:Benzene Derivatives / Q000737:chemistry; D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D003246:Conservation of Energy Resources / Q000379:methods*; D010150:Paint; D056910:Republic of Korea; D014050:Toluene / Q000737:chemistry; D055549:Volatile Organic Compounds / Q000032:analysis*; D014992:Xylenes / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D001555:Benzene Derivatives; D055549:Volatile Organic Compounds; D014992:Xylenes; D014050:Toluene; D002244:Carbon; C004912:ethylbenzene; C031285:3-xylene
keywords: Activated carbon; Alternative fuel; Fuelization; Surface coating; VOCs