Providing a Green Option to Meet Critical Cleaning Standards
In the aerospace industry, cleaning processes and standards are so important to the ultimate safety of aircraft and the people traveling in them that water based processes simply have too many drawbacks to be considered feasible. Certain aerospace applications require vapor degreasing with solvents to meet these standards and water based cleaning methods simply will not get the parts clean enough or prevent corrosion. So what makes EnSolv-5408 better for the environment than these other solvents it was designed to replace? EnSolv-5408 requires substantially less energy and water to operate than TCE or PERC, which saves on energy costs and reduces CO2 emissions generated by the burning of fossil fuels to produce the electricity required to use TCE or PERC. Because EnSolv-5408 boils at a lower temperature than these chlorinated solvents, it also consumes far less water, which means that less of the water intended for people to drink and for crops to grow is consumed by industrial cleaning processes.
A Drastic Improvement in Environmental Impact over TCE and PERC
EnSolv-5408 has substantially less environmental impact than TCE or PERC. Below is a table comparing the environmental and regulatory profiles of EnSolv-5408 vs TCE and PERC.
Regulatory and Environmental Comparison
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EnSolv-5408
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TCE
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PERC
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SNAP Approval
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YES
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YES
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YES
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NESHAP
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NO
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YES
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YES
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Global Warming Potential
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0.031
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No Data – likely much less than Methylene Chloride at 9.0
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No Data – likely similar to Methylene Chloride at 9.0
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Ozone Depletion Potential
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Low – (0.006 – 0.0136)
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No Data
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No Data
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RCRA Hazardous Waste
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NO
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YES
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YES
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DOT Regulated
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NO
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YES
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YES
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Title V Permit
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NO
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YES
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YES
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CER CLA Regulated
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YES, if over 20,000 lbs in 24 hours
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YES, if over 110 lbs in 24 hours
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YES, if over
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OSHA HAZCOM Reporting
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NO
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YES
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YES
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Clean Water Act Regulated
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NO
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YES
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YES
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VOC
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YES
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YES
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NO
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Environmental Fate in Water
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Hydrolysis Half-Life of 26 days.
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Not hydrolyzed under normal conditions
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Not hydrolyzed under normal conditions
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Atmospheric Lifetime
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11 – 19 Days
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6-8 Days
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5-6 Months
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As illustrated above, EnSolv-5408 is clearly the best choice for aerospace vapor degreasing. Because it has gone through a thorough testing process on numerous parameters over a span of nearly 3 years by Boeing Corporation, it has been proven beyond a shadow of a doubt to be every bit as effective a cleaning agent as TCE and PERC, and far more environmentally sound.
Saving You Money while Greening Your Supply Chain
Enviro Tech has partnered with Veolia Environmental Services to offer an n-propyl bromide solvent recycling program which helps lower waste disposal costs and prevents industrial waste from ending up in landfills or other areas that are detrimental to the environment. Contact your local Enviro Tech or Veolia representative for more information on participating in this program. From top to bottom, EnSolv-5408 is the right product at the right time for aerospace degreasing AND for the environment.
