title: An Empirical Model to Predict Styrene Emissions from Fiber-Reinforced Plastics Fabrication Processes.
abstract: Styrene is a designated hazardous air pollutant, per the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments. It is also a tropospheric ozone precursor. Fiber-reinforced plastics (FRP) fabrication is the primary source of anthropogenic styrene emissions in the United States. This paper describes an empirical model designed to predict styrene emission factors for selected FRP fabrication processes. The model highlights 10 relevant parameters impacting styrene emission factors for FRP processes, and helps identify future areas of FRP pollution prevention (P2) research. In most cases, the number of these parameters with greatest impact on styrene emission factors can be limited to four or five. Seven different emission studies were evaluated and used as model inputs.
authors.affiliation: a Air Pollution Prevention and Control Division , U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Risk Management Research Laboratory , Research Triangle Park , North Carolina , USA.
authors.forename: Carlos M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Nunez
authors.affiliation: a Air Pollution Prevention and Control Division , U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Risk Management Research Laboratory , Research Triangle Park , North Carolina , USA.
authors.forename: Geddes H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Ramsey
authors.affiliation: b Research Triangle Institute , Research Triangle Park , North Carolina , USA.
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Bahner
authors.affiliation: b Research Triangle Institute , Research Triangle Park , North Carolina , USA.
authors.forename: C Andrew
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Clayton