Illinois Administrative Code › Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part 215 - ORGANIC MATERIAL EMISSION STANDARDS AND LIMITATIONS › Subpart Q - LEAKS FROM SYNTHETIC ORGANIC CHEMICAL AND POLYMER MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT › Section 215.438 - Standards for Control Devices

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Control devices used to comply with Section
				  215.437(c)
				  shall comply with following:
a) If the
				control device is a vapor recovery system (for example, condensers and
				adsorbers) it shall be designed and operated to recover the volatile organic
				material emissions vented to it with an efficiency of 95 percent or
				greater.
b) If the control device
				is an enclosed combustion device, it shall be designed and operated to reduce
				the volatile organic material emissions vented to it with an efficiency of 95
				percent or greater, or to provide a minimum residence time of 0.75 seconds at a
				minimum temperature of 816° C.
c) If the control device is a flare, it
				shall:
1) Be designed for and operated with
				no visible emissions as determined by USEPA Reference Method 22, 40 CFR 60,
				Appendix A, 1986, incorporated by reference in Section
				215.105,
				except for periods not to exceed a total of 5 minutes during any 2 consecutive
				hours.
2) Be operated with a pilot
				flame present at all times and shall be monitored with a thermocouple or any
				other equivalent device to detect the presence of the pilot flame.
3) Be steam-assisted, air assisted, or
				nonassisted.
4) Be used only with
				the net heating value of the gas being combusted being 11.2 MJ/scm (300
				Btu/scf) or greater if the flare is steam-assisted or air-assisted; or with the
				net heating value of the gas being combusted being 7.45 MJ/scm or greater if
				the flare is nonassisted. The net heating value of the gas being combusted
				shall be calculated using the following equation:
Hr
=
K
n
Ci
							 Hi
[SIGMA]
i=1
Where:
Hr
=
Net heating value of the sample in MJ/scm; where the
							 net enthalpy per mole of offgas is based on combustion at 25° C and 760 mm
							 Hg, but the standard temperature for determining the value corresponding to one
							 mole is 20° C.
K
=
Constant,
1.740
x
10-7
(1/ppm) (gmole/scm) (MJ/Kcal)
where
standard temperature for (gmole/scm) is 20°
							 C.
Ci
=
Concentration of sample component i, in ppm, as
							 measured by USEPA Reference Method 18, 40 CFR 60, Appendix A (1986), and ASTM D
							 2504-83, both incorporated by reference in Section 215.105.
Hi
=
Net heat of combustion of sample component i,
							 kcal/gmole. The heats of combustion may be determined using ASTM D 2382-83,
							 incorporated by reference in Section 215.105, if published values are not
							 available or cannot be calculated.
5)
				Steam-assisted and nonassisted flares shall be designed and operated with an
				exit velocity, as determined by dividing the volumetric flowrate (in units of
				standard temperature and pressure), as determined by USEPA Reference Method 2
				or 2A, 40 CFR 60, Appendix A (1986) incorporated by reference in Section
				215.105, as appropriate; by the unobstructed (free) cross sectional area of the
				flare tip, less than 18 m/sec (60 ft/sec.).
6) Air-assisted flares shall be designed and
				operated with an exit velocity less than the maximum permitted velocity,
				Vmax, as determined by the following equation:
Vmax
=
Maximum permitted velocity, m/sec.
8.706
=
Constant.
0.7084
=
Constant.
Hr
=
The net heating value as determined in subsection
							 (c)(4) of this section.