Responsible
- Christoph Müller
- Dr. Matthias Wichmann
Project Partner
Initial Situation and Problem Statement
One of the main emissions from automotive production are volatile organic compounds (VOCs). At high doses, VOCs can have negative effects on health of workers and contribute to ground level ozone formation. Therefore, VOCs are subject to different regulations. In the European Union, these regulations regionally differ with regard to the definition of relevant VOCs as well as the emission limits to be complied with.
In the European Union, there are efforts to tighten emission limits for VOCs. Tighter limits can have significant consequences for the automotive production throughout Europe since production sites that do not comply with emission limits, will become difficulties regarding the approval of affected facilities. In order to reduce VOC emissions of those facilities, different abatement technologies which differ with regard to costs and reduction potential can be implemented.
Objective and Approach
Against this background, the objective of the project is to assess the costs of possible restrictions of VOC emissions with a particular focus on the required investments for installing emission abatement technologies as well as follow-up costs of these technologies. Based on this assessment, a method is developed to determine efficient bundles of abatement technologies for different scenarios.