BAY AREA AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
Best Available Control Technology (BACT) Guideline

Source Category

Source: Boiler, CO - Refinery Revision: 2
Document #: 17.4.1
Class: All Date: 04/21/93

Determination

POLLUTANT

BACT
1. Technologically Feasible/ Cost Effective
2. Achieved in Practice
TYPICAL TECHNOLOGY
POC 1. n/d
2. n/s
1. n/d
2. Minimum Furnace Gas bypassing + Good Comb ustion Practice c,d
NOx 1. n/s


2. 80 ppm @ 3% O2, Drya
1. Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) + Flue Gas Recirculation + Technologies listed below c
2. Low NOx Burners + Reduced Air Preheat + Natural Gas or Treated Refinery Gas as Supplemental Fuel c,d
SO2 1. Natural gas or Treated Refinery Gas Fuel w/ <50 ppm as hydrogen Sulfide as Supplemental Fuelc,d
2. Natural gas or Treated Refinery Gas Fuel w/ <100 PPm as hydrogen Sulfide as Supplemental Fuelc,d
1. Fuel Selection a,d

2. Fuel Selection a,d
CO 1. n/d
2. 100 ppm @ 3% O2, Dryc
1. n/d
2. Minimum Furnace Gas Bypassing + Good Combustion Practicea,d
PM10 1. n/d
2. n/s
1. n/d
2. Electrostatic Precipitatora
NPOC 1. n/a
2. n/a
1. n/a
2. n/a

References

a. SOHIO Refinery; Toledo, Ohio

c. BAAQMD
d. See also Catalyst Regeneration - Fluidized Catalytic Cracking Unit