Many industrial facilities operating older VOC concentrator systems eventually face challenges related to maintenance, supportability, efficiency, safety, and changing production requirements. TANN helps customers modernize existing VOC control systems through engineered upgrades that are designed to improve reliability, simplify long-term maintenance, and minimize disruption to ongoing operations.
Modernizing aging VOC control systems without disrupting production
Older VOC concentrator systems can become increasingly difficult to maintain as components age, technology changes, and replacement parts or media become harder to source.
Over time, these systems may also create growing operational concerns, including increased maintenance demands, reduced supportability, energy inefficiencies, and potential safety risks associated with legacy equipment designs.
In many cases, facilities need a modernized solution that works within existing infrastructure while improving system performance, reliability, and long-term serviceability.
Modern zeolite concentrator technology integrated into existing systems
TANN designs VOC concentrator upgrades around each facility’s operating needs, existing equipment, available space, and long-term production requirements.
By replacing aging concentrator technology with modern zeolite concentrator systems, facilities can improve VOC control performance, reduce maintenance concerns, and support more efficient operation.
VOC control performance and system efficiency
Implementation planned around facility operations and downtime windows
Designed to support long-term operational requirements
Concentrating VOCs before thermal oxidation
VOC concentrators are commonly used when process exhaust has high airflow volume and relatively low VOC concentration. Instead of sending the full air volume directly to the thermal oxidizer, the concentrator captures VOCs and transfers them into a smaller, more concentrated air stream.
This concentration process reduces the total airflow that must be treated by the oxidizer, which can improve energy efficiency while still supporting required VOC destruction performance.
When properly engineered, concentrator systems can help facilities balance emissions control, operating cost, reliability, and production needs.
Designed around existing infrastructure
Every concentrator upgrade requires significant engineering beyond the concentrator wheel itself. Ductwork, airflow management, fan systems, heater boxes, utility coordination, controls, desorption loops, and thermal oxidizer integration must all be designed as part of a complete solution.
TANN evaluates existing site conditions and system requirements to develop an engineered layout that supports performance, constructability, maintainability, and long-term operation.
In addition, TANN can fabricate key system components in-house, helping streamline installation, maintain quality control, and support project schedules from engineering through startup.
Redundancy and uptime designed into the system
Redundant Airflow Design
Critical airflow systems can be designed with redundancy to help maintain operation and support serviceability when maintenance is required.
Reliable Heat Input
Heater box and burner configurations can be engineered to support consistent desorption performance, uptime, and dependable system operation.
Simplified Maintenance
Modern zeolite concentrator systems can reduce maintenance concerns compared to many legacy concentrator designs while improving long-term supportability.
Airflow systems can be engineered to support reliable operation, maintainability, and redundancy where required.
Heater box and burner configurations are designed to support consistent desorption performance and system uptime.
Phased implementation coordinated around facility operations
VOC concentrator upgrades often require careful coordination between engineering, fabrication, demolition, installation, utilities, controls, startup, and commissioning.
TANN works with plant teams to plan project phases around production requirements, available work windows, site access, and planned downtime.
This coordinated approach helps reduce disruption, manage installation complexity, and bring upgraded VOC control systems online as efficiently as possible.
A safer, more efficient, and more supportable VOC control system
- Improved VOC control performance and system efficiency
- Reduced maintenance concerns compared to legacy concentrator designs
- Improved long-term supportability through modern concentrator technology
- Integrated new equipment with existing VOC control infrastructure
- Reduced operational and safety concerns associated with aging equipment
- Designed to support future operational requirements
- Coordinated implementation around facility operations and planned downtime
- Supported a more reliable and maintainable VOC control process