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EOX Extractable Organically-bound Halogens.<br />

EU European Union.<br />

EU-15 Member States <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> European Union be<strong>for</strong>e 1 May 2004.<br />

EU-27 Member States <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> European Union from 1 January 2007.<br />

Euro <strong>Chlor</strong> European association representing <strong>the</strong> chlor-<strong>alkali</strong> industry.<br />

Glossary<br />

Exergy In <strong>the</strong>rmodynamics, <strong>the</strong> exergy <strong>of</strong> a system is <strong>the</strong> maximum useful work possible<br />

during a process that brings <strong>the</strong> system into equilibrium with a heat reservoir.<br />

Free oxidants Group <strong>of</strong> oxidising species present in waste water <strong>of</strong> chlor-<strong>alkali</strong> plants<br />

including dissolved elementary chlorine, hypochlorite, hypochlorous acid, organic and<br />

inorganic chloramines, dissolved elementary bromine, hypobromite, hypobromic acid,<br />

organic and inorganic bromamines.<br />

Fugitive emissions Emissions which occur via leaks (e.g. due to untightened or corroded<br />

equipment). Fugitive emissions are a subset <strong>of</strong> diffuse emissions.<br />

GWP Global Warming Potential.<br />

HCFC Hydrochlor<strong>of</strong>luorocarbon.<br />

Heavy metals Metals with a density greater than 4.5 kg/l (1998 Aarhus Protocol on Heavy<br />

Metals to <strong>the</strong> 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution).<br />

HFC Hydr<strong>of</strong>luorocarbon.<br />

IED Industrial Emissions Directive.<br />

Installation Stationary technical unit within which one or more activities listed in Annex I or<br />

in Part 1 <strong>of</strong> Annex VII <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Industrial Emissions Directive are carried out, and any o<strong>the</strong>r<br />

directly associated activities on <strong>the</strong> same site which have a technical connection with <strong>the</strong><br />

activities listed in those Annexes and which could have an effect on emissions and pollution<br />

(Industrial Emissions Directive).<br />

IPPC Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control.<br />

ISO International Organisation <strong>for</strong> Standardisation. Also international standard adopted by<br />

this organisation.<br />

Joule heating Process by which <strong>the</strong> passage <strong>of</strong> an electric current through a conductor<br />

releases heat. The process is also known as ohmic heating or resistive heating.<br />

WORKING DRAFT IN PROGRESS<br />

NGO Non-Governmental Organisation.<br />

ODC Oxygen-Depolarised Cathode.<br />

ODP Ozone Depletion Potential.<br />

ODS Ozone Depleting Substance.<br />

OSPAR Convention <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> protection <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> marine environment <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> North-East Atlantic.<br />

The Contracting Parties comprise <strong>the</strong> governments <strong>of</strong> Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France,<br />

TB/EIPPCB/CAK_Draft_1 December 2011 319

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