Guide to Cleaner Technologies: Alternatives to Chlorinated

5,21
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ID National Risk Management Research Laboratory

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CONTENTS

Notice ii

Foreword iii

Acknowledgments iv

Section 1. Overview 1

What Is Cleaner Technology7 . 1

Why Clean andf Degrease? 1

Solvents and Cleaners . 3

Pollution Problem 3

Potential Solutions 4

What’s In This Guide? . 4

Other Questions Affecting Investment Decisions . 4

Who Should Use This Guide? 4

Keywords . .5

Summary . 5

Reference . .5

Section 2. Available Technologies 6

How to Use the Summary Tables . 6

Aqueous Cleaners 11

Semi-Aqueous Cleaners 15

Petroleum Hydrocarbons 18

Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) . 19

Miscellaneous Organic Solvents 22

Supercritical Fluids 25

Carbon Dioxide Snow 28

Section 3. Emerging Technologies . 31

How, to Use the Summary Tables . 31

Catalytic Wet Oxidation Cleaning . 33

Absorbent Media Cleaning . 33

Section 4. Pollution Prevention Strategy 35

References 36

Section 5. Cleaner Technology Transfer Considerations 37

Reference 41

Section 6. Information Sources 42