California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 3 - Air Resources › Chapter 1 - Air Resources Board › Subchapter 8 - Compliance with Nonvehicular Emission Standards › Article 3 - Distributed Generation Certification Program › Section 94202 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) For the
					 purposes of these regulations, the following definitions apply:
(1) "Air contaminant" has the same meaning as
					 set forth in section
					 39013
					 of the Health and Safety Code.
(2)
					 "Air pollution control equipment" means equipment that eliminates, reduces, or
					 controls the issuance of air emissions.
(3) "Applicant" means a manufacturer or
					 manufacturer's designated agent applying for certification of a DG
					 Unit.
(4) "ARB" means The
					 California Air Resources Board.
(5)
					 "Btu" means British thermal unit.
(6) "CO" means carbon monoxide.
(7) "Combined heat and power (CHP)" means a
					 system that recovers thermal energy and converts it into useful heat from
					 electrical power generation equipment.
(8) "Digester gas" means gases produced from
					 the decomposition of sewage.
(9)
					 "Distributed generation (DG)" means electrical generation technologies that
					 produce electricity near the place of use.
(10) "DG Unit" means a piece of distributed
					 generation equipment.
(11)
					 "District" has the same meaning as set forth in part 3, commencing with section
					 40000
					 of the California Health and Safety Code.
(12) "Electrical generation technology" means
					 reciprocating engines, external combustion engines, combustion turbines,
					 photovoltaics, wind turbines, fuel cells or any combination thereof.
(13) "Energy efficiency" means the amount of
					 useful heat and electricity produced by a DG Unit divided by the higher heating
					 value of the fuel used to produce the useful heat and electricity, expressed as
					 a percentage.
(14) "Executive
					 Officer" means the Executive Officer of the California Air Resources Board or
					 his or her designee.
(15)
					 "Executive Order" means an order issued by the Executive Officer of the Air
					 Resources Board certifying compliance of a DG Unit with the applicable
					 requirements of this article.
(16)
					 "Fossil fuels" means fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas; so-called
					 because they are the remains of ancient plant and animal life.
(17) "Higher heating value" means the amount
					 of heat released by the combustion of material at 25 ° C once the products
					 of combustion have returned to a temperature of 25 ° C.
(18) "Landfill gas" means gases produced from
					 the decomposition and volatilization of materials in landfills
(19) "LPG" means liquid petroleum
					 gas.
(20) "MW-hr" means
					 megawatt-hour.
(21) "Natural gas"
					 means California Public Utility Commission (CPUC) quality natural
					 gas.
(22) "NOx" means oxides of
					 nitrogen, expressed as NO2.
(23) "Oil-field waste gas" means gases
					 produced from the drilling of oil wells and pumping of oil from wells that are
					 not eligible for delivery to the utility pipeline system.
(24) "PM" means particulate matter.
(25) "Portable" has the same meaning as set
					 forth in title 13 section
					 2452 of the California Code of
					 Regulations.
(26) "Research
					 operation" means investigation, experimentation, or research to advance the
					 knowledge of distributed generation technologies.
(27) "Useful heat" means the heat that can be
					 captured and used for other processes such as heating water or running an
					 absorption chiller.
(28) "VOC"
					 means volatile organic compounds, expressed as hexane.
(29) "Zero Emission Technology" means any
					 technology that does not emit an air contaminant as defined in section
					 94202(1).