Thermal Oxidizer

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-027949",
  "term": "Thermal Oxidizer",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Control system that combusts or oxidizes exhaust gas from a process unit. Thermal oxidizers include regenerative thermal oxidizers and combustion units.\n\n2. Air pollution control device that uses controlled flame combustion inside a combustion chamber to convert combustible materials to noncombustible gases.\n\n3. Device for oxidizing air pollutants or waste materials via flame and heat.\n\n4. Add-on air pollution control device that includes one or more combustion chambers and is designed specifically to destroy organic compounds in a process exhaust gas stream by incineration.\n\n5. Enclosed device that destroys organic compounds by thermal oxidation.",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 63.2292 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 63.3004 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 63.3176 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 63.9824 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 63.441 (CFR 2018)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/thermal-oxidizer/"
}