Oil Mist, Aerosol, Heavy Hydrocarbon Fumes

APC Technologies offers four technologies for control of oil mists, aerosol, and heavy hydrocarbon fumes: Ultra High-Efficiency Filter (UHF™) systems, Catalytic Oxidizers and Thermal Oxidizers, and Venturi Scrubbers.

For the vast majority of oil mist/ hydrocarbon fume applications, APC’s Ultra High-Efficiency Filter (UHF) system is ideally suited, offering lower capital, control efficiency of up to 99.9%, and substantially lower operating and maintenance costs. 
The UHF™ system offers simultaneous high-efficiency removal of the oil/fume aerosol and any solid-phase particulate matter, without any plugging problems at all, no process downtime for filter replacement, and extremely low maintenance costs.

APC’s ThermPure Thermal Oxidizers can also provide very high control efficiencies – 99% plus – through high-temperature conversion of the hydrocarbons to CO2 and H20.   APC offers primary and secondary heat exchangers to maximize the energy efficiency of the thermal oxidizer.

APC’s CP Catalytic Oxidizers use high-efficiency catalysts to achieve 95%-99% destruction of the hydrocarbons at lower operating temperatures.  APC applies a unique pre-filter to extend catalyst life and typically guarantees catalyst life at a minimum of 3 years. Depending on hydrocarbon loading and heat content of the gas stream, APC’s catalytic oxidizers may require little or no natural gas to sustain required temperatures, through use of high-efficiency heat exchangers. 

APC’s Venturi Scrubbers also provide high-efficiency control of oil mists and aerosol streams with larger particle sizes at low capital cost.

Oil mist, aerosol, and hydrocarbon fume applications include: adhesives, aluminum plants, asphalt plants, bakeries, chemical plants, coating operations, food processing, furniture manufacture, painting operations, plastics, polymers, printing, rendering, resins, rubber products, pharmaceuticals, sealants, textiles, tire operations, and wood products manufacture.

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