Fugitive Emissions Control Device
Smelting of lead in furnaces involve stages or parts where though pollution is generated, it is not handled by the main Air Pollution Control System, like charging of Rotary Furnace when it is red hot or tapping of lead from Rotary Furnace which lead to generation of fumes.
Systems put in place to capture and treat these fugitive emissions as and when they arise are called Fugitive Emission Control System. Fugitive Emissions generally lead to pollution of work atmosphere and jeopardize the maintenance of ambient air standards at the workplace. Hence, to safeguard employee health, these systems are becoming mandatory world over.
Norms of Ambient Air which the Fugitive Emissions Control System help to meet are
Parameter Approved Range Time Period
PM (size 2.5 micron) 40 microgm/ Nm3 Annual Basis
PM (size 10 micron) 60 microgm/ Nm3 Annual Basis
Lead 0.5 microgm/ Nm3 Annual Basis
SO2 50 microgm/ Nm3 Annual Basis
NO2 40 microgm/ Nm3 Annual Basis
