Cupola Startup

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-007097",
  "term": "Cupola Startup",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Commencement of activities needed to take a banked cupola or a cupola that has had the bottom dropped back into melt production. Cupola startup includes the following steps: refractory curing, if needed; cupola bed preparation (during which the sand bed is preheated), if needed; coke bed preparation (during which coke is added to the cupola and lit); and initial metallics charging.",
  "references": [
    "85 FR 56080; 40 CFR 63.7765 (CFR 2021)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/cupola-startup/"
}