Sustainable Reduction of the Odor Impact of Painting Wooden Products for Interior Design

Alessia Amato,Gabriele Pietro Bigi,Cristina Baldini,Francesca Beolchini

doi:10.3390/app10228124

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Journal: Applied sciences	Publication Date: Nov 17, 2020
Citations: 1	License type: CC BY 4.0

Affiliation: Marche Polytechnic University, Edison (Italy)

Abstract

The construction and building field represents a key sector for the recent Circular Economy Action Plan (March 2020). Therefore, the production of low impact materials represents an essential step towards the implementation of a sustainable market. In this regard, the present paper focused on the production of painting wooden products for interior design. These industrial processes include an essential phase consisting of the reduction of odor emissions, which produce negative impacts on the environment and a persistent annoyance for the population close to the facilities. The main cause of the odor emissions in wood painting manufacturing is the production of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). In this context, the present research aimed to develop an innovative process able to combine the use of lower impact paints with a more efficient UV system for the abatement of the emissions.

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All kinds of products have an environmental impact during their life cycle, from their production to their final disposal
The door production sector involves the use of different solvent-based paints with the consequent emission of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and odor pollutants, with effects on the environment, human health and personal welfare [7,8]
The abatement system consists of UV painting and drying (Cefla UV2000); this technique uses paints with a lower content of VOCs and it is highly efficient at reducing odor emissions

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All kinds of products have an environmental impact during their life cycle, from their production to their final disposal. The interior design market is strongly related to this sector since each building needs to be furnished [3]. In this regard, the wood painting shows many criticalities for its significant contribution to poor air quality and electricity consumption [3,4,5,6]. VOCs represent an important category, since they may be toxic at low concentrations, causing severe effects when inhaled. For these reasons, their detection is important for the assessment of indoor air quality [9,10].

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