Explain these standards

[etl <etl@unv.ernet.in>]

 Hi all,

I am sending out this request again (apologies).

I am working on an anti incineration guide and would like to add the
American standards to compare to our non-existent ones.

These standards mean nothing to me and other people as we cannot understand
then.  These standards will have meaning if we can put words to them. 

Can someone explain what these standards mean and  the terms used. 

I am looking for a text of these standards.

 Shanthi!

samir



 

Medical Waste Incinerator standards (USEPA)
	Particulate matter	Carbon Monoxide	Hydrogen chloride	Nitrogen	Dioxins	Lead
Cadmium	Mercury
Small	.05gr/dscf	40 ppmv	100 ppmv or 93% dilution	250 ppmv	125ng/dscm
(2.3TEQ)	1.2 mg/dscm	0.16mg/dscm	0.55 mg/dscm
Medium	0.3gr/dscf	-do-	-do-	-do-	-do-	-do-	-do-	-do-
Large	0.015gr/dscf	-do-	-do-	-do-	-do-	-do-	-do-	-do-
gr/dscf - grains per dry standard cubic feet; mg/dscm - milligrams per dry
standard cubic metre, ppmv -parts per million by volume


 
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Table 2 New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) Emission Standards for All
Types of Waste Combusters
S.No	Pollutant	Standard
1. 	Particulate	0.015 GR/DSCF @7% O2
2. 	SO2	30 ppmv  @ 7% O2  or 80% reduction
3. 	HCl	25 ppmv @ 7% O2  or 95% reduction
4. 	NOx	180 ppmv @ 7% O2
5. 	Dioxin/Furan	30 ng/Nm3  @ 7% O2
GR/DSCF - grains per dry standard cubic feet, ppmv - parts per million by
volume, ng/Nm3
Source USEPA

Table 3 Minimum Carbon Monoxide Standards for Various Combustion Technologies
S.No	Technology	CO @ 7% O2
1. 	Mass-burn (water wall and refractory)	100 ppmv
2. 	Mass burn (rotary)	100 ppmv
3. 	Modular (starved and excess air)	50 ppmv
4. 	RDF stocker	150 ppmv
5. 	Fluidised bed	100 ppmv
6. 	RDF/coal co-fired	100 ppmv
Source USEPA

· Hazardous Waste Incinerator Standards


 

Permitted	Interim
· 99.99% DRE for POHCs· 99.9999% DRE for POHCs for dioxin bearing waste.·
1.8 kg/hr or 1% HCl emissions· 180 mg/dscm for PM	· Burn Hazardous Waste
only during steady state operations.· 99.9999% DRE and certification for
dioxin bearing wastes
Source: Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) & EPCRA hot-line
training module, USEPA


PM  emission levels achievable by Best Controlled Sources( gr/dscf  @ 7% O2)
Source category	Option 1	Option 2
Cement Kilns	0.003	0.010
Light weight aggregate kilns	0.022	0.00 77
Commercial incienrators	0.010	0.0049
On-site incinerators	0.015	0.0075
All Hazardous waste incinerators	0.0057	0.004
Boilers	0.021	0.011
All hazardous waste combustors 	0.0086	0.0052
Option 1 - A PM emission level is identified that all of the sources in the
best controlled pool could be expected to meet 99% of the time with 95%
confidence.Option 2 - a PM emission level is identified that a source with
emissions equivalent to the average for the sources in the pool, and
displaying emissions variability similar to the sources in the pool cold be
expected to meet 99% of the time, with 95% confidence.
Source: USEPA Draft Combustion Emissions Technical Resource Document (CETRED)
  
Dioxin and Furan emission levels by the best controlled sources (ng/dscm @
7% O2)
Basis	Option 1	Option 2
TEQ	0.17	0.12
Total Tetra Octa Congeners	9.4	5.4
Option 1 - A PM emission level is identified that all of the sources in the
best controlled pool could be expected to meet 99% of the time with 95%
confidence.Option 2 - a PM emission level is identified that a source with
emissions equivalent to the average for the sources in the pool, and
displaying emissions variability similar to the sources in the pool cold be
expected to meet 99% of the time, with 95% confidence.
Sourc USEPA Draft Combustion Emissions Technical Resource Document (CETRED)



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