Polyvinyl chloride and copolymers production process unit

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-021578",
  "term": "Polyvinyl chloride and copolymers production process unit",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Polyvinyl Chloride and Copolymers Production Process Unit",
  "definition": "Collection of process components assembled and connected by hard-piping or duct work, used to process raw materials and to manufacture polyvinyl chloride and/or polyvinyl chloride copolymers. A PVCPU includes, but is not limited to, polymerization reactors; resin stripping operations; resin blend tanks; resin centrifuges; resin dryers; resin product separators; recovery devices; reactant and raw material charge vessels and tanks, holding tanks, mixing and weighing tanks; finished resin product storage tanks or storage silos; finished resin product loading operations; connected ducts and piping; equipment including pumps, compressors, agitators, pressure relief devices, sampling connection systems, open-ended valves or lines, valves and connectors and instrumentation systems. A PVCPU does not include chemical manufacturing process units, as defined in § 63.101, that produce vinyl chloride monomer or other raw materials used in the PVC polymerization process.",
  "abbreviation": "PVCPU",
  "subject": "Built environments",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 63.12005 (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/polyvinyl-chloride-and-copolymers-production-process-unit/"
}