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Municipal waste combustor technology Carbon monoxide emissions levels (parts per million by volume)a Averaging time (hrs)b
Mass burn waterwall 100 4
Mass burn refractory 100 4
Mass burn rotary refractory 100 24
Mass burn rotary waterwall 250 24
Modular starved air 50 4
Modular excess air 50 4
Refuse-derived fuel stoker 200 24
Fluidized bed, mixed fuel (wood/refuse-derived fuel) 200 c24
Bubbling fluidized bed combustor 100 4
Circulating fluidized bed combustor 100 4
Pulverized coal/refuse-derived fuel mixed fuel-fired combustor 150 4
Spreader stoker coal/refuse-derived fuel mixed fuel-fired combustor 200 24
Semi-suspension refuse-derived fuel-fired combustor/wet refuse-derived fuel process conversion 250 c24
Spreader stoker fixed floor refuse-derived fuel-fired combustor/100 percent coal capable 250 c24

aMeasured at the combustor outlet in conjunction with a measurement of oxygen concentration, corrected to 7 percent oxygen, dry basis. Calculated as an arithmetic average.

bAveraging times are 4-hour or 24-hour block averages.

c24-hour block average, geometric mean.

[71 FR 27334, May 10, 2006]


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