Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 5 - STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 40 - EXISTING STATIONARY SOURCES › Part II - Emission Standards › Article 8 - Emission Standards for Fuel Burning Equipment (Rule 4-8) › Section 9VAC5-40-890 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. For the purpose
					 of the Regulations for the Control and Abatement of Air Pollution and
					 subsequent amendments or any orders issued by the board, the words or terms
					 shall have the meanings given them in subsection C of this section.
B. As used in this article, all terms not
					 defined here shall have the meanings given them in 9VAC5 Chapter 10
					 (9VAC5-10-10 et seq.), unless
					 otherwise required by context.
C.
					 Terms defined.
"Capacity factor" means the ratio of the average load on
						a machine or equipment for the period of time considered to the capacity rating
						of the machine or equipment.
"Fossil-fuel fired steam generator" means furnace or
						boiler, or both, used in the process of burning fossil fuel for the primary
						purpose of providing steam by heat transfer.
"Fuel burning equipment" means any furnace, with fuel
						burning equipment appurtenances thereto, used in the process of burning fuel
						for the primary purpose of producing heat to be utilized by indirect heat
						transfer, or by indirect production of power. This includes facilities that are
						designed as boilers to produce steam or heated water and are designed to burn
						either fossil fuel or refuse derived fuel. It does not include such facilities
						if designed primarily to burn raw refuse. This includes fuel burning equipment
						units (both permanently installed units and portable units) used to replace the
						power used by mobile sources. For the purposes of this article, stationary
						combustion turbines are considered to be fuel burning equipment.
"Fuel burning equipment installation" means all fuel
						burning equipment units within a stationary source in operation prior to
						October 5, 1979.
"Heat input" means the total gross calorific value of
						all fuels burned.
"Rated capacity" means the capacity as stipulated in the
						purchase contract for the condition of 100% load, or such other capacities as
						mutually agreed to by the board and owner using good engineering
						judgment.
"Refuse derived fuel (RDF)" means fuel produced from
						solid or liquid waste (includes materials customarily referred to as refuse and
						other discarded materials), or both, which has been segregated and classified,
						with the useable portions being put through a size reduction and classification
						process which results in a relatively homogeneous mixture.
"Stationary combustion turbine" means any air-breathing
						internal combustion engine consisting of an air compressor, combustion chamber,
						and a turbine wheel.
"Stationary internal combustion engine" means an engine
						in which fuel is burned within a machine in which energy is converted directly
						into mechanical motion or work. The energy is used directly for the production
						of power, locomotion or work. Internal combustion engines include, but are not
						limited to, diesel engines, gasoline engines, and diesel pumps. For the
						purposes of this article, stationary combustion turbines are not considered to
						be stationary internal combustion engines.
"Total capacity" means with reference to a fuel burning
						equipment installation, the sum of the rated capacities (expressed as heat
						input) of all units of the installation which must be operated simultaneously
						under conditions of 100% use load.
Statutory Authority
§ 10.1-1308 of the Code of Virginia.