COMPREHENSIVE INDUSTRY DOCUMENT SERIES:
COINDS/17/1983-84
EMISSION REGULATIONS
(JULY 1984)
PART ONE
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EMISSION
REGULATIONS
(JULY 1984)
PART ONE
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CEN TRAL BOARD FOR THE PREVENTION A N D CONTROL OF WATE R POLLUTION
5TH & 6TH FLOOR, SKYLARK, 60, Nt.HRU PLACE,
NEW D ELHI - 110019.
PREFACE
This document contains emission regulations for six
specific
industrial
operations
of Industries under Section
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the
Schedule
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standards.
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(NILA Y CHAUDHURI)
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CONTENTS
Subject
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Emission Standards
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Cement
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Thermal Power
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Fertilizer (Urea)
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Nitric Acid
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Sulphuric Acid
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Guidelines for minimum stack height
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EMISSION-STANDARDS
The emission standards for Cement, Thermal Power, Iron & S.teel, Fertilizer
(urea), Nitric and Sulphuric Acid plants, six ou t of twenty industries listed
in the Schedule in Chapter VII under Section 54 (3) of the Air (Prevention
and Control of Pollution) Act, 1 981 are given below in abstract�
As prescribed in the Air (Prevent-ion and Control of Pollution) Act, 1 981
Section 17 ( l) (g), the emission standards for the six air polluting industries
mentioned above have been laid down.
The emission standards for other
industries covered in the Schedule will be brought out subsequently.
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rationale for adopting these standards are given in the report.
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These standards are applicable up to December, 1 9 86 and will be reviewed
again in January, 1 987 based on experience and input from the monitoring
data obtamed in this.· period.
The stack monitoring shall be done as prescribed
by the Central Pollution Control Board.
The State Board
may
adopt standards that are more stringent than thoS'e
given below depending on the location of the industries ahd specially if it
m a protected area. They shall not, however, relax the standards..
A protected area is one that it already polluted from being in a metropolitan/
industrial location or the area is sensitive because of its proximity to national
parks, forests historical monuments and health resorts.
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Standard for particulate matrer emisswn
Protected area
200 tpd and Jess
250 mg/Nm
Greater than 200 tpd
150 mg/Nm
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CEMENT
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400 mg/Nm
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250 mg/Nm
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THERMAL POWER
(a) Standard for particulate matter emission
Boiler size
Protected area
Other area
New
Old
(after J 979)
(before J 979
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Less than
200 MW
150 mg/Nm
200 MW
anq above
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150 mg/Nm
600 mg/Nm
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350 mg/Nm
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Boiler size
Stack height
Less than 200 MW
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220 metres
500 MW and more
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150 gm/Nm
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Coke oven
Blast furnace
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Standard for particulate matter
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Process
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FERTILIZER
(Urea)
Standard for particulate matter emission
Emission limit
Process
50 mg/Nm
Pri11ing T,awer
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NITRIC ACID
Standard for oxides of nitrogen, NO
3 kg of NO
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per tonne of weak acid (before concentration) produced
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Process
Single conversion
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Double conversion
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Sulphur dioxide
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Acid mist
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50 mg/Nm
4 kg/tonne of concen­
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- 4 CEMENT
Sources of Emission
Generally particulates are emitted from the following sources ;
i.
Rotary Kiln (Dry, Wet or Semi-Dry).
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Raw Mill, Clinker Cooler.
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Finish Grinding.
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Packaging, .:)torage (Silos).
Besides emission is also associated with pulverisation of coal.
The control of particulate
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the last three sources, namely, finish grinding,
packaging and storage is usually practiced in India ( Refer Annexure -1) at
the highest possible level because of the urge for saving the products and
raw material both in old and obviously new plants.
Furthermore, it is easier
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to control from these three sources because of conditions of opera tion.
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But in case of the rotary kiln the control of emission is difficult because
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of elevated flue gas temperature and the presence of carbon monoxide.
Due to technological limitations, most of the countries had to provide higher
allocation of emission load to th� rotary kiln when all the above 4 sources
are considered together.
To site this the Canadian example is used, where
the controlled emission in terms of daily quantum are as furnished in Table
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Emission Guidelines for Cement Plants (Canada)
New Plants
Guidelines
Existing plants
0.9
1.6
Clinker Cooler
0.6
0.6
F. inish
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.2
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It may be seen that about 50 percent of total quantum of emission is permitted
from the rotary kiln after approoriate control.
Data provided in Table 2 suggest that about 3 to 4% of product 1s emitted
when no control equipment is ·in position.
If the industry tries to reduce
this emission to 0.05 percent of product then the efficiency of control ranges
between 98.3 to 98.8 percent, which must be within the technological capa­
bility of the country.
Table 2 :
Operation Characteristics oJ Rotary Kilns
Unit 2
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Flow rate 1 000 Nm /hr
Dust cone. gm/Nm
(without control
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Dust emitted tonnes/day
(without control)
Production tonnes/day
Percent of product emitted
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It may be taken that approximately 3 to 4% of product is the
emission (uncontrolled) from rotary kiln.
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The control devices associated with the rotary kiln should be capable of
attaining an efficiency exceeding 99 percent.
Hence the efficiency ranges
prescribed here as 98.3 to 98.8 percent is quite conservative, and it is, there­
fore, expected that rotary kiln should not emit more than 0.05 percent of
product after installing control devices.
The corresponding concentration
of emission is given in Table 3 for the 3 units.
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between 1 40 to 320 mg/Nm •
The concentrations range
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Emission Concentration in mg/Nm
Production (P) J 00 tonnes/day
(tpq)
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FJow rate (Q) 1 000 Nm /hr
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Emission concentration (C) mg/Nm
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C (mg/Nm )
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0.05 x p x lo? m_g/day
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Recommendation
For rotary kiln the daily quantum of emission .ts to be computed on the basis
of 0.05 tonne per tonne of cement l?�oduced.
The average concentrations
to be maintained by the industry may be computed on the basis· of the air
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flow rate, expressed in N m /hr maintained in the kiln. It is also expected
that emissions from cement plants of capacity less . that 200 tpd would be
comparatively lesser than a large cement plant. Also keeping in view that
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certain areas would haxe to environmentally protected because it is already
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polluted or is a sensitive area, the fo!Jowing standards are adopted :
Capacity
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tpd and less
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Greater than 200 tpd
150 mg/Nm
200
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The concentration should not exceed under normal operation.
The standards
shall apply to rotary kiln, raw mill, packaging, storage (silos) and finish grind­
ing. Mui ticyclone shall be fitted to clinker cooler.
Emission limits from pulverisation of coal are not prescribed for the present.
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ANNEXURE
LIST OF EXISTING
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
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IN SOME CEMENT PLANTS
Cement Plant
Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
Unit 4
Unit 5
Unit 6
Unit 7
Unit 8
1. Year of
1970
1972
1977
1980
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1981
1982
1981
Commissioning
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Trial
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ESP
ESP
ESP
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ESP
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Multi-
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Multi-
Cyclone
Cyclone
Cyclone
Cyclone
Cyclone
Cyclone
Cyclone
ESP
collector
4. Rotary Kiln
5. Coal mill
6. Cement mill
Cyclone
Cyclone
Cyclone
Cyclone
Bag
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Bag
Filter
Filter
Filter
Cyclone
ESP
ESP
ESP
ESP
Cyclone
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For the present, control equipment will be required
to limit the particulate matter emission.
in
thermal power stations
For keeping the sulph\Jr dioxide
level in the ambient within the air quality standards, the method required
shall be by maintaining a minimum stack height.
Basis
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Separate limits have bee
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of boilers :
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Category (b) will comprise large
thermal power stations operated by Central Agencies.
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The limits would also vary depending upon the ash content of coal
Emission factors for different types of boilers are furnished
used.
in Table 2.1 .
Table 2.1
Emission Factors for Large Industries Boilers
Particulates kg/t
of coal burned
Sulphur dioxide
kg/t of coal
burned
Pulverised Central
8.0 (A)
19 (S)
wet bottom
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1 9 (S)
Dry bottom cyclone
8.5 (A)
1 9 (S)
spreader stoker
1 .0 (A)
19 (S)
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Percent Sulphur content of coal
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conducted at a recently commissioned 200
Power Station
showed that 99.78%
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Thermal
removal of particulate matter
can be achieved with ESPs of latest indigenous design.
The details
are provided in Table 2.2.
Table 2.2 :
Electrostatic Precipitator Efficiency
Type
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1 5.5 l
20.95
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Outlet concentration of dust mg/Nm.
30.6
46.7
44.6
Efficiency %
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ln developing the standards it is considered that category (b) plaAts
must install ESPs to achieve 99.78% removal as demonstrated at the
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above plant. A standard of 1 50 mg/Nm is proposed in these cases.
3.(a) In addition to the size of the boilers, qualified above, additional consi­
deration should be given to its age and its location.
The age is impor­
tant fr:om the point of view of the cost-benefit aspect and the location
from its en"4ironmental impact.
3.(b)
BHEL came out with ·their improved ESP design in 1 979.
Therefore,
all plants commissioned after 31 st December, 1 979 are being classified
as new plants.
Even if the boiler has been installed prior to 1 979,
the plant will be· classified as new, in this standard, if the ESP has
been installed after December, 1 979.
New plants should meet an
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emission level of 350 mg/Nm (equivalent to about 99.4% collection
efficiency).
This is more relaxed than the standard for boilers greater
than 200 MW because the emission load from the smaller boilers will
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be less.
Further, for older plants, a standards of 600 mg/N m is
proposed because these plants may have constraints on both funds
Finally in areas where the environmental quality has to be protected
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a standard of 1 50 mg/Nm is being adopted.
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The· standards adopted for the Thermal Power Plants are :
New
(after 1979)
Old
Boiler size
Less than 200 MW
600 mg/Nm
200 MW and above
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350 mg/Nm
150 mg/Nm
Protected area
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150 mg/Nm
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150 mg/Nm
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Stade Height Requirement for Sulphurdioxide Control
To maintain a healthy ambient air quality the stack height for boilers
should be as follows
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Stack height
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Flue Gas Desulphurization
No s.tandards for sulphur dioxide emission is being prescribed, the control
being effected through the height of the stack.
For plants having boilers of 500 MW and more, necessary space has to be
provided for installing flue gas desulphurization device, should there be
requirement in the future.
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Sources of emissions
The sources of pollutant emissions are :
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Sintering
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Coke Oven
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Blast furnace
iv.
S teel making (oxygen lancing)
There will also be emissions from captive power plant and coal handling
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operations which are not considered here.
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A survey of the s teel plants
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the country reveals that
flue gas collection system in the sintering plants are such that it
is not possible to correctly measure the flow rate and the dus t concen­
tration.
No data otherwise is available to estimate the raw emission
in terms of concen tration.
In the absence of any monitoring data it• is considered that we will
have to go by the achiev$ibility of venturi scrubber, bag filter or ESP,
preceded by cyclones if necessary, in which case it is possible to achieve
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an outle t emission of 150 mg/Nm .
Therefore the emission limit
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for sintering plant is adopted as 150 rng/Nm .
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Coke Oven
In the coke oven, process coal is heated in a battery to drive away
the organic matter and other impurities to obtain coke.
Heat source is coal or gas.
About 60% of the total coke plant parti­
culate emissions are accounted. for b'y coke oven charging and about
30% by discharging (WHO: ESP/8 3.49).
Attempt should be made to
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charging. No limit is proposed for the coke oven section.
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Blast furnace
The top gas from the furnace which contains significant concentration
of particulates, after necessary cleaning, is used as a source of energy
in all the steel plants.
Tapping is also a source of particulate emission
which may be required to be controlled.
Considering the amount
of emission from the Blast furnace, no limit is proposed.
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Steel making process with oxygen lancing
The emission from this section would be normally high only during
oxygen lancing.
temperature.
The gas would contain iron particles and be of high
In view of the above, high energy venturi scrubber
or bag filter is the recommended control equipment.
is noted that ESP can also be used.
However, it
In the absence of any monitoring
data, a limit is adopted based on achievability.
During non-lancing
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period the emission can be controlled to 150 mg/N m or so, the figure
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of 400 mg/Nm is adopted to take care of the lancing period.
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The following standards are adopted :
Process
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Sintering P iant
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Coke Oven
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Blast Furnace
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Steel Making
a.
During l\lormal Operation
b. During Oxygen Lancing
Emission limit for
particuJa te matter
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mg/Nm
150 mg/Nm
400 mg/Nm
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FERTILIZER (UREA)
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Background
There are a number of nitrogenous, phosphatic and complex fertilizer .
manufacturing plants in the country.
sulphuric
acid
and
nitric
acid
Some of the plants have captive
(intermediates) manufacturing units;
the emission limits for these units will be as per those developed
separately for the respective acid plants.
Emission limits for fluoride
in case of phosphatic fertilizer plants is under preparation.
nitrogenous
fertilizers
calcium ammonium
are
nitrate,
ammonium
sulphate,
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ammonium
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molten urea is sprayed from the top of the prilling tower and the
cold air flows counter current, which picks up fine particles of
alongwith moisture.
urea
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The air flow rate through the prilling tower is 400 - 500 m /hr per
tpd (tonne per day) of urea (Fertilizer Association, India). The dust
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content of exhaust air could be around 300 - 500 mg/N m . In order
to arrest these particles a scrubber followed by a demister should
be provided.
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Therefore the limit for particulate emission urea dust through the
vent of the prilling tower adopted as :
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Emission limit for
particulate matter
Prilling Tower
50 mg/Nm
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Background
The ammonia oxidation processes account for 90% of the nitric acid
production in the country.
The processes are divided into four basic
steps :
Oxidation of NH
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to NO
Oxidation of NO to N0
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Concentration of HN0
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The main source of emission is the spent (tail) gas from the absorption
tower in which N0
nitric acid.
is absorbed in water to produce weak (50%-70%)
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The pollutants are primarily nitric oxide, nitrogen dioxide
and trace amounts of nitric acid mist.
The spent gas after energy
recovery and acid mist removal is normally emitted through a stack.
The uncontrolled emission is estimated to be 25 to 27.5 kg of i'Y.O /
tonne of weak HN0
produced.
(EPA:AP-42, Part A). As per data
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reported by an Indian plant the uncontrolled emission level 1s in the
range of 2000-4000 pp rn.
In general, the quantity of NO emission is directly related to the
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kinetics of the nitric acid formation reaction. The specific operating
variables that increase tail gas NO
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insufficient air supply,
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emission are
which results in incomplete oxidation
of NO
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low pressure in the abosorber
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high temperature in the cooler-condenser and absorber
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production of an excessively high-strength acid and
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operation at high throughput rates, which results in decreased
residence time in the absorber.
There will also be emission from the tower in which concentration
of the weak acid 1s carried out and is estimated at 0.1 to 2.5 kg/tonne
(EPA: AP-42, Part A).
3.
Control of Emission
The stack gas before release to the atmosphere can be treated by
a catalytic combuster or on an alkaline scrubber.
In the catalytic
combustor tail gases are heated to ignition temperature, mixed with
fuel (natural gas, hydrogen, or a rnixture of both), and passed over
a catalyst.
The reactions that occur result in the successive reduction
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Control efficiency
Type of fuel
78.97
Natural gas
97 - 99.8
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As per data reported
by an Indian plant, from an inlet concentration of 2000-4000 ppm,
NO
x
can be reduced to about 300 ppm, providing an efficiency of
about 90%.
4.
Emission standard
Considering 90% as the achievable control, an emission limit of 3
kg NO /tonne of weak acid produced (before concentration) averaged
x
ovt. a 2 - hour period, is adopted.
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No limits for acid mist is envisaged because it is considered as insig­
nificant. The standard is as follows :
NO
x
emission from Nitric Acid Plant
3 kg of NO
x
per tonne of weak acid (before concentration) produced
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SUL PHURIC ACID
l.
Background
Sulphuric acid is produced mainly by the Contact Process. This involves
the catalytic conversion of sulphur dioxide, produced by burning sulphur,
into sulphur trioxide, which is then absorbed in strong sulphuric acid.
2.
Source of Emission
Pollutants emitted from the plants are so2 , so and acid mist. Nearly
3
all sulphur dioxide emission from sulphuric acid plants are found in
the exit gases of the so
converter. The amuunt of so2 emitted
2 to so 3
is inversely proportional to the conversion efficiency. The conversion
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Conversion Efficiency and Sulphur Dioxide Emission
Conversion of
so2 emission, Kg/ MT of
l 00% H 2so produced
4
2
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93
48.0
94
41 .0
95
35.0
96
27.0
97
29.5
98
1 3.0
99
7.0
99.5
3.5
99.7
2.0
1 00
(Source:
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In addition to exit gases, small quantities of sulphur oxides are also
emitted from storage
tank vents, loading operation, sulphuric acid
concentrarbrs and through leaks.
3.
Emission limits
Recent monitoring carried out by the Central Board at two plants
one double absorption and the other single, is furnished in Table 2.
Table 2:
Sulphur Dioxide and Acid Mist Emission from Sulphuric
Acid P !ants
Type of plant
and capacity,
tpd
so emission
2
Quantum
Concen:ration
mg/m3
Kg/t of H So
2 4
Acid mist
Quantum Concentration
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1 250
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1400 at
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* with mist eliminator
In both the plants the so emiss10ns are uncontrolled. From the emis­
2
s10n data and conversion efficiencies (Table 1) it may be presumed
that 99% and 96.5% conversion efficiencies are achieved in double
and single absorption processes, respectively.
But the double absorption
process is expected to achieve 99.7% conversion,
the corresponding
so
emission being 2 kg/tonne of H 5o (1 00%).
Adopting 99.4%
2
2 4
as the stable average efficiency, an emission limit of 4 kg/tonne of
H so averaged over 2 hour, in case of double con tac t double absorption
2 4
process.
Plants having single absorption process are required to reduce 50 emission
2
for instance, by absorption in sodium sulphite or bisulphite and recycling
the same.
A limit of 1 0 kg/tonne of H so ( 100%) averaged over
2 4
2 hours is suggested as the limit for 50
em1ss10n for these plants.
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Thus an
3
outlet concentration of 50 mg/Nm can be achieved with an inlet
3
concentration of 14-00 mg/Nm of acid mist. The following standards
are adopted :
Process
l.
Sulphur dioxide
em i s sion
Single conversion
10
Single absorption
100% H2so4
kg/tonne of
Acid mist
emission
50
50
mg/Nm
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2.
GUIDELINES FOR MINI MU M STACK. HEIGHT
Plant Type
Stack Height
For all plants except
Thermal Power Plant
30 m
For plants where the sulphur dioxide emission is estimated as Q(kg/hr)
the stack height, H in metres is given by
H
3.
=
03
14 (Q) .
For plant� where the particulate matter emission 1s estimated as Q
(tonnes/hr) the stack heigt1t, H in metres is given by
H
=
74 (Q)
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4.
If by using the formula given
m
2 or 3 above, the stack height arrived
at, is more than 30 m then this higher stack height should be used.
In no case should the height of the stack be less than 30 m.
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