NR 440.205(2)(2)Definitions. As used in this section, terms not defined in this subsection have the meanings given in s. NR 440.02.
NR 440.205(2)(a)(a) “Annual capacity factor” means the ratio between the actual heat input to a steam generating unit from the fuels listed in sub. (3) (a), (4) (a) or (5) (a), as applicable, during a calendar year and the potential heat input to the steam generating unit had it been operated for 8,760 hours at the maximum steady state design heat input capacity. In the case of steam generating units that are rented or leased, the actual heat input shall be determined based on the combined heat input from all operations of the affected facility in a calendar year.
NR 440.205(2)(b)(b) “Byproducts/waste” means any liquid or gaseous substance produced at chemical manufacturing plants, petroleum refineries or pulp and paper mills (except natural gas, distillate oil, or residual oil) and combusted in a steam generating unit for heat recovery or for disposal. Gaseous substances with carbon dioxide levels greater than 50% or carbon monoxide levels greater than 10% are not byproduct/waste for the purposes of this section.
NR 440.205(2)(c)(c) “Chemical manufacturing plants” means industrial plants which are classified by the department of commerce under SIC code 28 in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, incorporated by reference in s. NR 440.17.
NR 440.205(2)(d)(d) “Coal” means all solid fuels classified as an anthracite, bituminous, subbituminous, or lignite by the American Society for Testing and Materials in ASTM D388-99 (reapproved 2004), Standard Specification for Classification of Coals by Rank, incorporated by reference in s. NR 440.17 (2) (a) 12., coal refuse, and petroleum coke. Coal-derived synthetic fuels, including but not limited to solvent refined coal, gasified coal, coal-oil mixtures, and coal-water mixtures, are also included in this definition for the purposes of this section.
NR 440.205(2)(e)(e) “Coal refuse” means any byproduct of coal mining or coal cleaning operations with an ash content greater than 50%, by weight, and a heating value less than 13,900 kJ/kg (6,000 Btu/lb) on a dry basis.
NR 440.205(2)(f)(f) “Combined cycle system” means a system where a separate source, such as a gas turbine, internal combustion engine, kiln, etc., provides exhaust gas to a heat recovery steam generating unit.
NR 440.205(2)(g)(g) “Conventional technology” means wet flue gas desulfurization (FGD) technology, dry FGD technology, atmospheric fluidized bed combustion technology, and oil hydrodesulfurization technology.
NR 440.205(2)(h)(h) “Distillate oil” means fuel oils which contain 0.05 weight percent nitrogen or less and comply with the specifications for fuel oils number 1 and 2, as defined by the American Society for Testing and Materials in ASTM D396-98, Standard Specification for Fuel Oils, incorporated by reference in s. NR 440.17 (2) (a) 13.
NR 440.205(2)(i)(i) “Dry flue gas desulfurization technology” means a sulfur dioxide control system that is located downstream of the steam generating unit and removes sulfur oxides from the combustion gases of the steam generating unit by contacting the combustion gases with an alkaline slurry or solution and forming a dry powder material. This definition includes devices where the dry powder material is subsequently converted to another form. Alkaline slurries or solutions used in dry flue gas desulfurization technology include but are not limited to lime and sodium.
NR 440.205(2)(j)(j) “Duct burner” means a device that combusts fuel and that is placed in the exhaust duct from another source, such as a stationary gas turbine, internal combustion engine, kiln, etc., to allow the firing of additional fuel to heat the exhaust gases before the exhaust gases enter a heat recovery steam generating unit.
NR 440.205(2)(k)(k) “Emerging technology” means any sulfur dioxide control system that is not defined as a conventional technology under this subsection, and for which the owner or operator of the facility has applied to the administrator and received approval to operate as an emerging technology under sub. (10) (a) 4.
NR 440.205(2)(m)(m) “Fluidized bed combustion technology” means combustion of fuel in a bed or series of beds (including but not limited to bubbling bed units and circulating bed units) of limestone aggregate (or other sorbent materials) in which these materials are forced upward by the flow of combustion air and the gaseous products of combustion.
NR 440.205(2)(n)(n) “Fuel pretreatment” means a process that removes a portion of the sulfur in a fuel before combustion of the fuel in a steam generating unit.
NR 440.205(2)(o)(o) “Full capacity” means operation of the steam generating unit at 90% or more of the maximum steady-state design heat input capacity.
NR 440.205(2)(p)(p) “Heat input” means heat derived from combustion of fuel in a steam generating unit and does not include the heat input from preheated combustion air, recirculated flue gases, or exhaust gases from other sources, such as gas turbines, internal combustion engines, kilns, etc.
NR 440.205(2)(q)(q) “Heat release rate” means the steam generating unit design heat input capacity (in MW or Btu/hour) divided by the furnace volume (in cubic meters or cubic feet); the furnace volume is that volume bounded by the front furnace wall where the burner is located, the furnace side waterwall, and extending to the level just below or in front of the first row of convection pass tubes.
NR 440.205(2)(r)(r) “Heat transfer medium” means any material that is used to transfer heat from one point to another point.
NR 440.205(2)(s)(s) “High heat release rate” means a heat release rate greater than 730,000 J/sec-m3 (70,000 Btu/hour-ft3).
NR 440.205(2)(t)(t) “Lignite” means a type of coal classified as lignite A or lignite B by the American Society for Testing and Materials in ASTM D388-99 (reapproved 2004), Standard Specification for Classification of Coals by Rank, incorporated by reference in s. NR 440.17 (2) (a) 12.
NR 440.205(2)(u)(u) “Low heat release rate” means a heat release rate of 730,000 J/sec-m3 (70,000 Btu/hour-ft3) or less.
NR 440.205(2)(v)(v) “Mass-feed stoker steam generating unit” means a steam generating unit where solid fuel is introduced directly into a retort or is fed directly onto a grate where it is combusted.
NR 440.205(2)(w)(w) “Maximum heat input capacity” means the ability of a steam generating unit to combust a stated maximum amount of fuel on a steady state basis, as determined by the physical design and characteristics of the steam generating unit.
NR 440.205(2)(x)(x) “Municipal-type solid waste” means refuse, more than 50% of which is waste consisting of a mixture of paper, wood, yard wastes, food wastes, plastics, leather, rubber, and other combustible materials, and noncombustible materials such as glass and rock.
NR 440.205(2)(y)(y) “Natural gas” means:
NR 440.205(2)(y)1.1. A naturally occurring mixture of hydrocarbon and nonhydrocarbon gases found in geologic formations beneath the earth’s surface, of which the principal hydrocarbon constituent is methane; or
NR 440.205(2)(y)2.2. Liquid petroleum gas, as defined by the American Society for Testing and Materials in ASTM D1835-03a, Standard Specification for Liquid Petroleum Gases, incorporated by reference in s. NR 440.17 (2) (a) 22.
NR 440.205(2)(z)(z) “Noncontinental area” means the state of Hawaii, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or the Northern Mariana Islands.
NR 440.205(2)(za)(za) “Oil” means crude oil or petroleum or a liquid fuel derived from crude oil or petroleum, including distillate and residual oil.