commercial janitorial petro chemical asphalt processing food processing compost/solid waste composites industry tank cleaning metal casting wastewater treatment New additive removes asphalt odors. The production of hot mix paving asphalt generates odors that can be strong, persistent, and a nuisance to employees and neighbors alike. Controlling and abating these odors can be a challenge. Until now. The asphalt industry has been asking for a process additive that will control odors, not simply mask those odors. In response to the needs of the industry, OMI Industries, a long time leader in industrial odor control, has developed a new family of additives that can be mixed directly into petroleum products used in the asphalt industry to control odorous emissions. By adding a small amount of the correct additive to your liquid storage and handling process, the odorous emissions are significantly reduced, and even eliminated. Braen Stone case study Ecosorb additives are ideal for the following applications: HOT MIX ASPHALT CEMENT (NEAT) HOT MIX ASPHALT CEMENT WITH ANTI-STRIP AND OTHER ADDITIVES CUT-BACK ASPHALT ASPHALT EMULSIONS FUEL OIL USED OIL FUELS Ecosorb has been effective in controlling nuisance odor emissions in refineries, terminals, hotmix plants, transportation systems, and paving operations around the U.S. and internationally. Ecosorb eliminates – not masks – odor. Ecosorb is effective against both organic and inorganic odors. Ecosorb creates a neutral atmosphere where the malodor is removed, not replaced with a masking odor. Ecosorb Asphalt Additives go directly into your asphalt cement, burner fuels and emulsions. Ecosorb Asphalt Additives have been tested by independent and customer labs proving they have no negative effect on the properties of the asphalts. Simple to use. By simply adding 1 gallon of Ecosorb additive to 10,000 gallons of most asphalt binders and 1 gallon of Ecosorb additive to 10,000 gallons of fuel oil and used oil fuels during transfer and handling processes, you eliminate unwanted odors, even including burner exhaust. Safe to use. Ecosorb products are non-toxic, non-hazardous and biodegradable. They contain no harmful VOCs, and are safe for both humans and the environment. Packaging options Ecosorb is available in 5-gallon pails, 55-gallon drums and 275-gallon totes. Ecosorb is proven effective in lab tests. We used an independent laboratory to analyze the effect Ecosorb Asphalt Additive has on asphalt. Using a gas chromatograph attached to a mass spectrometer, a headspace analysis of 300¼F PG 64-22 asphalt treated with Ecosorb was compared to an untreated sample of the same asphalt. Test results demonstrated that no volatile components were detected in the treated sample while in the untreated sample increasing higher molecular weight hydrocarbons were found as volatile components. Ecosorb treatment had reduced the volatile emission to a level below the detection limit of the instrument. ECOSORB DOES NOT MASK. INSTEAD IT SUPPRESSES THE VOLATILE ODOROUS EMISSION. For years OMI Industries has been offering industries effective odor control solutions through treatment of open air and process emissions. Now the asphalt industry also has a safe and effective additive solution. Terminals - Transportation and Handling   Asphalt terminals tend to be located in industrial areas, often near rail and harbor access.  They still have neighbors; sometimes residential.  The loading and unloading of the asphalt can be an odorous process.  Even the transportation of the asphalt out of the terminal can be a problem with the trucks going through towns.  As little as 0.5 gallons of Ecosorb additive to a 5000 gallon truck load will eliminate the nuisance odors associated with transportation and handling of the asphalt.   Terminals – Storage   Sometimes it may not be practical to use the asphalt additive in a terminal or other storage facility, especially, for instance, with long term storage where the tanks may vent foul odors.  In these cases it is practical to collect the vent gasses and port them to a simple misting vessel in which standard aqueous Ecosorb 606 is used to remove the odors from the vent gases before release to the atmosphere.   Hot mix plants   When possible, hot mix plants are located in areas away from residential and even commercial neighbors. Older plants find that although originally located in remote areas, the neighbors grow toward the plant and then complain about the odors associated with a facility that was there before them.  Experience tells us these plants can squelch the neighborhood complaints with the simple addition of the Ecosorb Asphalt Additive put into their binder at a rate of 1 part Ecosorb to 10,000 parts of binder.   Cut back asphalt for cold patch repair   Some cut back asphalts and asphalt emulsions have an odor all their own.  The standard hot mix production may not be a problem for the facility, but when producing the cold patch new odors are introduced into the atmosphere.  Adding Ecosorb asphalt additive into the liquid asphalt at a rate of 1 to 10,000 prior to mixing with the cut back material will reduce the malodor associated with the end product.