(BAT) Reference Document for the Production of Chlor-alkali ...

Chapter 3
Three sources of asbestos emissions can be identified in the cell room maintenance area:
from the off-gas compressor;
from the off-gas drying oven;
from the off-gas asbestos weighing room.
The fibre concentration in the cell room maintenance area is estimated by the industry to be less
than 100 000 fibres/m 3 [ 75, COM 2001 ]. {Please TWG provide information if this figure is still
valid.}
Asbestos emissions from the baking furnace were calculated as being about 5 g per year,
corresponding to an emission of 0.036 mg of asbestos per tonne of chlorine capacity in a plant
of 140000 tonnes annual chlorine capacity [Dutch report, 1998].
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