2.D.3.f - Dry Cleaning

Short Description

This source category comprises NMVOC emissions from Solvent application for professional textile cleaning. The German inventory summarizes hydrocarbon solvents and perchloroethylene as solvent.

Method

General procedure

General information

Specific information

Until 1999, data of the present source categories 2.D.3.e and f were treated as one source group. Source group 2.D.3.f accounts for about 0.3 % of total NMVOC emissions from solvent-based products and remained stable in the last 15 years.

Uncertainties

The overall uncertainty of emissions caused by applications of this source group is estimated at 50%.

Recalculations

Planned improvements

At the moment, no category-specific improvements are planned.