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Standard ID GB 16171.1-2024 (GB16171.1-2024)
Description (Translated English) Emission standard of air pollutants for coking chemical industry
Sector / Industry National Standard
Classification of Chinese Standard Z60
Classification of International Standard 13.040.40
Word Count Estimation 14,167
Date of Issue 2024-12-31
Date of Implementation 2025-04-01
Older Standard (superseded by this standard) GB 16171-2012
Issuing agency(ies) State Administration for Market Regulation, China National Standardization Administration

GB 16171-2012: Emission standard of pollutants for coking chemical industry

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Emission standard of pollutants for coking chemical industry National Standards of People's Republic of China Replace GB 16171-1996 Coking chemical industry pollutant discharge standards Published on.2012-06-27 2012-10-01 Implementation release Ministry of Environmental Protection State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine

Content

Foreword.ii 1 Scope.1 2 Normative references.1 3 Terms and Definitions 2 4 Pollutant emission control requirements..3 5 Pollutant monitoring requirements.7 6 Implementation supervision.8

Foreword

To implement the "Environmental Protection Law of the People's Republic of China", "Water Pollution Prevention and Control Law of the People's Republic of China" Pollution Prevention and Control Law, the Marine Environmental Protection Law of the People's Republic of China, and the State Council's Decision on Implementing the Scientific Outlook on Development and Strengthening Environmental Protection And other laws, regulations and the "Opinions of the State Council on the preparation of national main functional area planning" to protect the environment, prevent pollution, and promote coking chemistry This standard is formulated for advances in industrial production processes and pollution control technologies. This standard specifies the limits, monitoring and monitoring requirements for water pollutants and atmospheric pollutants in coking chemical industry enterprises. To promote the area Coordinated development of economy and environment, promote the adjustment of economic structure and the transformation of economic growth mode, and guide the production process and pollution of coking chemical industry The development direction of dyeing and treatment technology, this standard specifies the special emission limits for water and gas pollutants. This standard was first published in.1996 and this is the first revision. The main contents of this revision. -- Expanded the scope of application of the standard, covering all domestic coke ovens and the sewage disposal process of the production process; -- Increased water pollutant emission control requirements; -- Increased control requirements for organized emission sources of mechanized coke oven air pollutants, and eliminated non-mechanized coke oven pollutant emission limits value; - Increased emission limits for unorganized emissions of atmospheric pollutants at the plant boundary; -- Increased air pollution and water pollutant discharge management regulations and monitoring requirements. The pollutant discharge concentration of this standard is the mass concentration. Coking chemical industry enterprises emit odor pollutants and environmental noises, and apply corresponding national pollutant discharge standards to produce solid waste. Identification, treatment and disposal of national solid waste pollution control standards. From the date of implementation of this standard, the control of water and air pollutant emissions from coking chemical industry enterprises shall be implemented in accordance with the provisions of this standard. Implementation of "Iron Industry Water Pollutant Emission Standards" (GB 13456-92) and "Coke Oven Air Pollutant Emission Standards" (GB 16171-1996) The relevant provisions of the "Coke Oven Emission Standards" (GB 16171-1996) abolished. Local provincial people's governments may formulate local pollutant discharge standards for pollutants not specified in this standard; For the specified pollutants, local pollutant discharge standards that are stricter than this standard can be formulated. This standard was formulated by the Science and Technology Standards Department of the Ministry of Environmental Protection. The main drafting units of this standard. Shanxi Provincial Environmental Protection Department, Shanxi Environmental Science Research Institute, Shanxi Environmental Monitoring Center Station and Mountain Western Environmental Monitoring Center. This standard was approved by the Ministry of Environmental Protection on June 15,.2012. This standard has been implemented since October 1,.2012. This standard is explained by the Ministry of Environmental Protection. Coking chemical industry pollutant discharge standards

1 Scope of application

This standard specifies the limits, monitoring and monitoring requirements for water pollutants and atmospheric pollutants in coking chemical industry enterprises, as well as standard Implementation and supervision and other relevant regulations. This standard is applicable to coal preparation, coking, gas purification, coking chemical product recovery and thermal energy utilization in existing and new coke oven production processes. Emission management of process water pollutants and atmospheric pollutants, as well as environmental impact assessment and environmental protection of coking chemical industry enterprise construction projects Facilities design, completion and environmental protection acceptance and management of water pollutants and atmospheric pollutants after production. This standard is implemented for the discharge management of pollutants from coking plants in industrial enterprises such as steel. This standard applies to the discharge of pollutants permitted by law; the location of new sources of pollution and the existing sources of pollution in special protected areas In addition to the implementation of this standard, management shall also comply with the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Air Pollution and the Prevention and Control of Water Pollution in the People's Republic of China Law, the Marine Environmental Protection Law of the People's Republic of China, the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Wastes, and the Chinese People's Republic Relevant provisions of laws, regulations and rules such as the National Environmental Impact Assessment Law. The water pollutant emission control requirements specified in this standard are applicable to the bank's direct or indirect discharge of water pollutants outside its legal boundaries. for.

2 Normative references

The contents of this standard refer to the following documents or their terms. GB 6920-1986 Water quality - Determination of pH - Glass method GB 11890-1989 Determination of benzene series in water quality - Gas chromatography GB 11893-1989 Determination of total phosphorus in water - Ammonium molybdate spectrophotometric method GB 11901-1989 Determination of suspended solids by weight method GB 11914-1989 Determination of chemical oxygen demand in water - Dichromate method GB/T 14669-93 Determination of air quality ammonia - Ion selective electrode method GB/T 14678-1993 Determination of air quality, hydrogen sulfide, methyl mercaptan, methyl sulfide, dimethyl disulfide, gas chromatography GB/T 15432-1995 Determination of total suspended particulate matter in ambient air GB/T 15439-1995 Determination of benzo(α)pyrene in ambient air - High performance liquid chromatography GB/T 16157-1996 Determination of particulate matter in fixed pollution source exhaust gas and sampling method of gaseous pollutants Water quality -- Determination of petroleum and animal and vegetable oils - Infrared photometric method GB/T 16489-1996 Determination of sulphide content -- methylene blue spectrophotometric method HJ/T 28-1999 Determination of hydrogen cyanide in fixed source exhaust gases isonic acid-pyrazolone spectrophotometric method HJ/T 32-1999 Determination of phenolic compounds in fixed source exhaust gases 4-aminoantipyrine spectrophotometric method HJ/T 38-1999 Determination of non-methane total hydrocarbons from fixed source s HJ/T 40-1999 Determination of benzo(α)pyrene in fixed source exhaust gases by high performance liquid chromatography HJ/T 42-1999 Determination of nitrogen oxides from fixed source s HJ/T 43-1999 Determination of nitrogen oxides from fixed source s HJ/T 55-2000 Technical Guidelines for the Monitoring of Unorganized Emissions of Air Pollutants HJ/T 56-2000 Determination of sulphur dioxide in fixed source s HJ/T 57-2000 Determination of sulfur dioxide in fixed source exhaust gases HJ/T 60-2000 Determination of water quality sulfides - Iodometric method HJ/T 195-2005 Determination of ammonia nitrogen in water quality HJ/T.199-2005 Determination of total nitrogen in water -- Gas phase molecular absorption spectroscopy HJ/T.200-2005 Determination of water quality sulphide - gas phase molecular absorption spectroscopy HJ/T 399-2007 Determination of chemical oxygen demand in water quality - Rapid digestion spectrophotometric method HJ 478-2009 Determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in water -- Liquid-liquid extraction and solid phase extraction - High performance liquid chromatography HJ 479-2009 Determination of ambient air NOx (nitrogen monoxide and nitrogen dioxide) Degree method HJ 482-2009 Determination of sulphur dioxide in ambient air - Formaldehyde absorption - Para-elyl aniline spectrophotometric method HJ 483-2009 Determination of sulphur dioxide in ambient air - Tetrachlorohydroxide absorption - Pararosaniline spectrophotometric method HJ 484-2009 Determination of water cyanide - Volumetric method and spectrophotometric method HJ 502-2009 Determination of volatile phenols in water HJ 503-2009 Determination of volatile phenols in water - 4-aminoantipyline spectrophotometric method HJ 505-2009 Water quality five-day biochemical oxygen demand (BOD5) determination dilution and inoculation method HJ 533-2009 Determination of ammonia in air and waste gases - Nessler reagent spectrophotometric method HJ 534-2009 Determination of ambient air ammonia - Sodium hypochlorite - salicylic acid spectrophotometric method HJ 535-2009 Determination of ammonia nitrogen in water quality - Nexus reagent spectrophotometric method HJ 536-2009 Determination of ammonia nitrogen in water quality - Salicylic acid spectrophotometric method HJ 537-2009 Determination of ammonia nitrogen in water quality - Distillation - Neutralometric titration HJ 583-2010 Determination of Benzene in Ambient Air - Solid Adsorption/Thermal Desorption - Gas Chromatography HJ 584-2010 Determination of benzene in ambient air Activated carbon adsorption/carbon disulfide desorption - gas chromatography HJ 636-2012 Determination of total nitrogen in water - Alkaline potassium persulfate digestion - UV spectrophotometric method Measures for the Automatic Monitoring and Control of Pollution Sources (Order No. 28 of the State Environmental Protection Administration) Measures for the Administration of Environmental Monitoring (Order No. 39 of the State Environmental Protection Administration)

3 Terms and definitions

The following terms and definitions apply to this standard. 3.1 Coking chemical industry After the coking coal is proportioned according to the production process and product requirements, it is placed in a closed coke oven insulated from air and converted by high, medium and low temperature dry distillation. Process for coke, coke oven gas and chemical products. Coking furnace types include. conventional coke oven, heat recovery coke oven, semi-coke (blue charcoal) Three kinds of carbonization furnaces. 3.2 Conventional machine coke oven machine-coke oven The carbonization chamber and the combustion chamber are separately set, and the coking coal is insulated and indirectly heated to be coke, and is provided with gas purification and chemical product recovery. Production equipment used. The coal charging method is divided into top loading and tamping side loading. This standard is referred to as “machine coke oven”. 3.3 heat recovery coke oven thermal-recovery stamping mechanical coke oven Coke oven carbonization chamber micro-negative pressure operation, mechanized tamping, coal charging, coking, recycling coke combustion exhaust gas waste heat in one coke The production unit is divided into a horizontal furnace and a vertical furnace to produce casting coke. 3.4 Semi-coke (blue carbon) carbonization furnace semi-coke oven Non-stick coal, weakly-viscous coal, long-flame coal, etc. are used as raw materials, and low-temperature dry distillation is carried out at a carbonization temperature of 750 ° C or lower to produce semi-coke (blue Carbon based production equipment. The heating method is divided into internal heat type and external heat type. This standard is referred to as “semi-coke oven”. 3.5 standard condition The temperature is 273K, and the pressure is 101325Pa, which is referred to as "standard state". The concentration of atmospheric pollutants specified in this standard is The dry gas in the quasi-state is the benchmark. 3.6 Existing enterprise existing facility Before the date of implementation of this standard, coking chemical industry enterprises and production facilities that have been approved for production or environmental impact assessment documents have been completed. 3.7 New Enterprise New facility From the date of implementation of this standard, the environmental impact assessment document approved the construction, reconstruction and expansion of the coking chemical industry construction project. 3.8 effluent volume The amount of wastewater discharged by a production facility or enterprise outside the legal boundaries of the enterprise, including various effluxes that are directly or indirectly related to production. Waste water (such as domestic sewage, cooling wastewater, plant boilers and power station drainage). 3.9 unit product basis displacement enchantment effluent volume per unit product The upper limit of the wastewater discharge amount of the production unit product specified for the approval of the discharge concentration of water pollutants. 3.10 exhaust pipe height stack height The height from the ground level where the exhaust cylinder (or its main building construction) is located to the outlet of the exhaust. 3.11 Enterprise boundary enterprise boundary The legal boundary of the coking chemical industry enterprise. If the boundary cannot be determined, it refers to the actual boundary of the enterprise. 3.12 public sewage treatment system Collect wastewater through sewage pipelines, provide wastewater treatment services for more than two sewage disposal units, and discharge to achieve relevant emissions Enterprises or institutions required by the standard, including urban sewage treatment plants of various scales and types, areas (including various industrial parks, development zones, Industrial gathering places, etc.) Wastewater treatment plants, etc., should have a wastewater treatment level of two or more. 3.13 direct discharge The behavior of the pollutant discharge unit directly discharging water pollutants to the environment. 3.14 indirect discharge The discharge of water pollutants by the sewage disposal unit to the public sewage treatment system. 3.15 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) polycyclic aromatic hydrocabons Contains an aromatic compound above the benzene ring. The polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in this standard refer to specific benzo (a) pyrene, fluoranthene, benzo (b) fluoranthene, benzene. And (k) fluoranthene, anthracene (1,2,3-c,d)芘, benzo(g,h,i)苝 six pollutants.

4 Pollutant emission control requirements

4.1 Water pollutant emission control requirements 4.1.1 From October 1,.2012 to December 31,.2014, existing enterprises implement the water pollutant discharge limits specified in Table 1. Table 1 Limits of water pollutant discharge concentration of existing enterprises and base product displacement of unit products Unit. mg/L (except pH) No. Pollutant project limit pollutant discharge monitoring position direct emission indirect discharge 1 pH 6~9 6~9 Independent coking enterprise wastewater discharge port or steel Wastewater discharge port of coking plant of iron joint enterprise 2 suspended matter 70 70 3 Chemical oxygen demand (CODCr) 100 150 4 ammonia nitrogen 15 25 5 5th Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD5) 25 30 6 total nitrogen 30 50 7 total phosphorus 1.5 3.0 8 Petroleum 5.0 5.0 9 volatile phenol 0.50 0.50 10 sulfide 1.0 1.0 11 benzene 0.10 0.10 12 cyanide 0.20 0.20 13 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) 0.05 0.05 Workshop or production facility wastewater discharge 14 benzo (a) 芘 0.03μg/L 0.03μg/L Unit product base displacement (m3/t coke) 1.0 Drainage metering position is the same as the pollutant discharge monitoring position 4.1.2 As of January 1,.2015, existing enterprises will implement the water pollutant discharge limits specified in Table 2. 4.1.3 From October 1,.2012, the newly-built enterprise shall implement the water pollutant discharge limit specified in Table 2. Table 2 Limits of water pollutant discharge concentration of new enterprises and base product displacement Unit. mg/L (except pH) No. Pollutant project limit pollutant discharge monitoring position direct emission indirect discharge 1 pH 6~9 6~9 Independent coking enterprise wastewater discharge port or steel Wastewater discharge port of coking plant of iron joint enterprise 2 suspended matter 50 70 3 Chemical Oxygen Demand (CODCr) 80 150 4 ammonia nitrogen 10 25 5 5th Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD5) 20 30 6 total nitrogen 20 50 7 total phosphorus 1.0 3.0 8 Petroleum 2.5 2.5 9 volatile phenol 0.30 0.30 10 sulfide 0.50 0.50 11 benzene 0.10 0.10 12 cyanide 0.20 0.20 13 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) 0.05 0.05 Workshop or production facility wastewater discharge 14 benzo (a) 芘 0.03μg/L 0.03μg/L Unit product base displacement (m3/t coke) 0.40 Displacement measurement position and pollutants Emission monitoring location is the same 4.1.4 According to the requirements of environmental protection work, the density of land development is high, the environmental carrying capacity begins to weaken, or the water environment capacity is small. In areas where the ecological environment is fragile and prone to serious water pollution problems and special protection measures are required, the pollution of enterprises should be strictly controlled. In the case of dye discharge, enterprises in the above-mentioned areas implement the special discharge limits for water pollutants specified in Table 3. The geographical scope and time for the implementation of special discharge limits for water pollutants shall be governed by the environmental protection administrative department of the State Council or the provincial people's government. set. Table 3 Special limits for water pollutants Unit. mg/L (except pH) No. Pollutant project limit pollutant discharge monitoring position Direct emission indirect emissions 1 pH 6~9 6~9 Independent coking enterprise wastewater discharge port or steel Wastewater discharge port of coking plant of iron joint enterprise 2 Suspended solids (SS) 25 50 3 Chemical Oxygen Demand (CODCr) 40 80 4 ammonia nitrogen 5.0 10 5 5th Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD5) 10 20 6 total nitrogen 10 25 7 total phosphorus 0.5 1.0 8 petroleum class 1.0 1.0 9 volatile phenol 0.10 0.10 10 Sulfide 0.20 0.20 11 benzene 0.10 0.10 12 cyanide 0.20 0.20 13 Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) 0.05 0.05 Wastewater discharge port of workshop or production facility 14 benzo (a) 芘 0.03μg/L 0.03μg/L Unit product basis displacement (m3/t coke) 0.30 Displacement measurement position and pollutants Emission monitoring location is the same 4.1.5 Coking production wastewater is treated for water quality such as coal washing, quenching and blast furnace slag, pH, SS, CODCr, ammonia nitrogen, volatilization Phenols and cyanides should meet the corresponding indirect emission limits in Table 1. 4.1.6 The concentration limit of water pollutant discharge is applicable to the case where the actual displacement of the unit product is not greater than the unit discharge of the unit product. If the unit is produced If the actual displacement of the product exceeds the standard discharge of the unit product, the measured water pollutant concentration shall be converted into the reference water quantity of the water pollutant according to formula (1). The emission concentration and the water concentration of the water pollutants are used as the basis for determining whether the emission is up to standard. Product production and displacement statistics cycle For a working day. Production of two or more products at the same time in the production facilities of the enterprise, applicable to different emission control requirements or national pollutant discharge standards in different industries In the case of quasi-mixed wastewater from production facilities, the most stringent concentration limits specified in the emission standards shall be implemented and Formula (1) converts the discharge concentration of water pollutants from the baseline discharge. Base = ρρ ⋅⋅∑ ii Q (1) In the formula. Base ρ - water pollutant baseline discharge discharge concentration, mg/L; Total Q - total drainage, m3; iY -- the output of the i-th product, t; Base iQ - unit product base displacement for the i-th product, m3/t; Real ρ -- measured water pollutant discharge concentration, mg/L. If the ratio of total Q to ∑ iiQY is less than 1, the measured concentration of water pollutants is used as the basis for determining whether the emissions meet the standards. 4.2 Air Pollutant Emission Control Requirements 4.2.1 From October 1,.2012 to December 31,.2014, existing enterprises implement the air pollutant emission limits specified in Table 4. Table 4 Limits of atmospheric pollutant emission concentration of existing enterprises Unit. mg/m3 Contaminant Emissions link Granule Dioxane Sulfur Benzo [a]芘 Cyanide Hydrogen benzene 3) Phenol non-methane total hydrocarbons Nitrogen Ammonia vulcanization monitor position Clean coal broken, coke broken Broken, sieved and transported 50 - - - - - - - - - workshop Or raw Production Execution Pump 2 Coal loading 100 150 0.3 Gg/m3 - - - - - - - 3 Push focus 100 100 - - - - - - - - 4 coke oven chimney 50 100 1) 2002) - - - - - 800 1) 2402) - - 5 dry quenching 100 150 - - - - - - - - Crude benzene tube furnace, semi-coke Drying and ammonia decomposing furnaces, etc. Burning coke oven gas 50 100 - - - - - 240 - - Cold drum, tar in the reservoir area Class storage tank - - 0.3 Gg/m3 1.0 - 100 120 - 60 10 8 benzene storage tank - - - - 6 - 120 - - - 9 Desulfurization regeneration tower - - - - - - - - 60 10 10 ammonium sulfate crystal drying 100 - - - - - - 60 - Note. 1) machine coke, semi-coke furnace; 2) heat recovery coke oven; 3) implementation after the release of national pollutant monitoring method standards. 4.2.2 As of January 1,.2015, existing enterprises will implement the atmospheric pollutant emission limits specified in Table 5. 4.2.3 As of October 1,.2012, new enterprises will implement the air pollutant emission limits specified in Table 5. Table 5 Limits of atmospheric pollutant emission concentration of newly-built enterprises Unit. mg/m3 Contaminant Emissions link Dioxane Sulfur Benzo [a]芘 Cyanide Hydrogen benzene 3) Phenol Non-methane Total hydrocarbon Nitrogen Ammonia vulcanization monitor position Clean coal broken, coke broken Shredding, screening and transshipment 30 - - - - - - - - - workshop Or raw Production Execution Pump 2 Coal loading 50 100 0.3μg/m3 - - - - - - - 3 Push focus 50 50 - - - - - - - - 4 coke oven chimney 30 50 1) 1002) - - - - - 500 1) 2002) - - 5 dry quenching 50 100 - - - - - - - - Crude benzene tube furnace, semi-coke Drying and ammonia decomposing furnaces, etc. Burning coke oven gas 30 50 - - - - -.200 - - Cold drum, tar in the reservoir area Storage tank - - 0.3μg/m 3 1.0 - 80 80 - 30 3.0 8 benzene storage tank - - - - 6 - 80 - - - 9 Desulfurization regeneration tower 30 3.0 10 ammonium sulfate crystal drying 80 - - - - - - 30 - Note. 1) machine coke, semi-coke furnace; 2) heat recovery coke oven; 3) implementation after the release of national pollutant monitoring method standards. 4.2.4 According to the requirements of national environmental protection work, the density of land development is high, the environmental carrying capacity begins to weaken, or the atmospheric environmental capacity Areas that are small, ecologically fragile, prone to serious atmospheric pollution, and require special protection measures should be strictly controlled. The company's pollutant discharge behavior, the enterprises in the above-mentioned regions implement the special emission limits of atmospheric pollutants specified in Table 6. The geographical scope an...

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