2.D.3.f - Dry Cleaning

Short Description

For a general product and method description refer to 2.D.3. This site only contains product group specific information.

This source category comprises NMVOC emissions from Solvent application for professional textile cleaning (SNAP code 60202). The German inventory summarizes hydrocarbon solvents and perchloroethylene as solvent.

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 not more than 0.3 % of total NMVOC emissions from solvent-based products and remained stable.

Uncertainties

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

For general uncertainties, recalculations and improvements of activity data and emission factors see 2.D.3.