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Scrap Preheater

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-024890

Vessel or other piece of equipment in which metal scrap that is to be used as melting furnace feed is heated to a temperature high enough to eliminate volatile impurities or other tramp materials by direct flame heating or similar means of heating. Scrap dryers, which solely remove moisture from metal scrap, are not considered to be scrap preheaters for purposes of this subpart.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-024890
FieldEnvironment
References40 CFR 63.10906 (CFR 2013)
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-024890",
  "term": "Scrap Preheater",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Vessel or other piece of equipment in which metal scrap that is to be used as melting furnace feed is heated to a temperature high enough to eliminate volatile impurities or other tramp materials by direct flame heating or similar means of heating. Scrap dryers, which solely remove moisture from metal scrap, are not considered to be scrap preheaters for purposes of this subpart.",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 63.10906 (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/scrap-preheater/"
}

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