Air & Transportation
Regulatory Measures against Air Pollutants Emitted from Factories and Business Sites and the Outline of Regulation - Emission Standards for Soot and Dust, and NOx
Latest amendment on Apr. 10, 1998
Types | Specification | Types | Soot and dust | NOx | |||
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Scale | Gen#1 | Spe#2 | Scale | Std. | |||
1. Boiler.*1 |
Heating area*2: 10 m2or above. Burner combustion |
Gas boiler.*4 | 40,000m3 - | 0.05g | 0.03g | 500,000m3 - | 60ppm |
- 500,000m3 40,000m3 |
100ppm | ||||||
- 40,000m3 | 0.10g | 0.05g | - 40.000m3 10,000m3 |
130ppm | |||
- 10,000m3 | 150ppm | ||||||
Liquid boiler or gas and liquid boiler.*4 | 200,000m3 - | 0.05g | 0.04g | 500,000m3 - | 130ppm | ||
- 200,000m3 40,000m3 |
0.15g | 0.05g | - 500,000m3 10,000m3 |
150ppm | |||
- 40,000m3 10,000m3 |
0.25g | 0.15g | |||||
- 10,000m3 | 0.30g | 0.15g | - 10,000m3 | 180ppm | |||
Black liquir*5 boiler or black liquir and gas or liquid fuel boiler.*4 | 200,000m3- | 0.15g | 0.10g | 500,000m3 - | 130ppm | ||
- 500,000m3 10,000m3 |
150ppm | ||||||
- 200,000m3 40,000m3 |
0.25g | 0.15g | |||||
- 40,000m3 | 0.30g | 0.15g | |||||
- 10,000m3 | 180ppm | ||||||
Liquid fuel boiler (heating area is less than 10 m2)*4 | 0.30g | 0.15g | 260ppm | ||||
Coal boiler.*4 | 200,000m3- | 0.10g | 0.05g | 700,000m3 - | 200ppm | ||
- 700,000m3 40,000m3 |
250ppm | ||||||
- 200,000m3 40,000m3' |
0.20g | 0.10g | |||||
- 40,000m3 | 0.30g | 0.15g | - 40,000m3 | 300ppm | |||
Solid fuel boiler.*4 (others whose heating area is 10 m2 or above.) | 40,000m3 - | 0.30g | 0.15g | 700,000m3 - | 200ppm | ||
- 700,000m3 40,000m3 |
250ppm | ||||||
- 40,000m3 | 0.30g | 0.20g | - 40,000m3 | 300ppm | |||
Solid fuel boiler (heating area is less than 10 m2)*4 | 0.30g | 0.20g | 350ppm | ||||
Boilers.*4 (others.) | 40,000m3 - | 0.30g | 0.15g | 500,000m3 - | 130ppm | ||
- 500,000m3 10,000m3 |
150ppm | ||||||
- 40,000m3 | 0.30g | 0.20g | |||||
- 10,000m3 | 180ppm | ||||||
2. Gas generating furnace and heating furnace used for generating water gas or oil gas. |
Raw materials (coal or cokes) consuming capacity: 20 t/day or above.
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Gas generating furnace. | 0.05g | 0.03g | 150ppm | ||
Heating furnace. | 0.10g | 0.03g | |||||
3. Roasting furnace, sintering furnace (including pellet baking furnace) and calcination furnace used for refining metals or for manufacturing inorganic chemical industrial products. (Item 14 is excluded.) |
Raw materials treating capacity: 1 t/day or above. |
Roasting furnace. | 40,000m3 - | 0.10g | 0.05g | 220ppm | |
- 40,000m3 | 0.15g | 0.10g | |||||
Sintering furnace. (for making ferromanganese.) | 0.20g | 0.10g | 220ppm | ||||
Sintering furnace. (others) | 0.15g | 0.10g | |||||
Calcining furnace. | 40,000m3 - | 0.20g | 0.10g | 200ppm | |||
- 40,000m3 | 0.25g | 0.15g | |||||
4. Blast furnace (including reverberatory furnace for molten metal), converter and open-hearth furnace used for washed metals. (Item 14 is excluded.) |
Raw materials treating capacity: 1 t/day or above. |
Blast furnace. (Shaft furnace.) | 0.05g | 0.03g | 100ppm | ||
Blast furnace. (others.) | 0.15g | 0.09g | |||||
Converter. | 0.10g | 0.08g | |||||
Open-hearth furnace. | 40,000m3 - | 0.10g | 0.05g | ||||
- 40,000m3 | 0.20g | 0.10g | |||||
5. Smelting furnace used for refining or casting metals. (Koshiki type furnace, Item 14 and Items 24-26 are excluded.) |
Grate area*6: 1 m2or above. Cross sectional area of tuyere surface*7: Burner combustion rate: Transformer capacity: |
Smelting furnace. (excluding cupolas.) | 40,000m3 - | 0.10g | 0.05g | 180ppm | |
- 40,000m3 | 0.20g | 0.10g | |||||
Cupolas. | 40,000m3 - | 0.10g | 0.05g | - | |||
- 40,000m3 | 0.20g | 0.10g | |||||
6. Heating furnace used for forging or rolling metals or for heat treatment of metals of metal products. |
Grate area*6: 1 m2or above. Cross sectional area of tuyere surface*7: Burner combustion rate: Transformer capacity: |
Radiant tube-type heating furnace. (emitting gas is 10.000m3-100,000m3 only.) | 40,000m3 - | 0.10g | 0.08g | 150ppm | |
- 40,000m3 | 0.20g | 0.10g | |||||
Forgevelded steel pipe heating furnace. (emitting gas is 10,000m3-100,000m3 only.) | 40,000m3 - | 0.10g | 0.08g | 180ppm | |||
- 40,000m3 | 0.20g | 0.10g | |||||
Heating furnace. (others.) | 40,000m3 - | 0.10g | 0.08g | 100,000m3 - | 100ppm | ||
- 100,000m3 10,000m3 |
130ppm | ||||||
- 40,000m3 | 0.20g | 0.10g | |||||
- 10,000m3 5,000m3 |
150ppm | ||||||
- 5,000m3 | 180ppm | ||||||
7. Heating furnace used for manufacturing petroleum products, petrochemical products or coal tar products. |
Grate area*6: 1 m2or above. Cross sectional area of tuyere surface*7: Burner combustion rate: Transformer capacity: |
40,000m3 - | 0.10g | 0.05g | 40,000m3 - | 100ppm | |
- 40,000m3 | 0.15g | 0.08g | -40,000m3 10,000m3 |
130ppm | |||
- 10,000m3 5,000m3 |
150ppm | ||||||
-5,000m3 | 180ppm | ||||||
8. Catalyzer regeneration tower of fluidized bed cracker used for refining petroleum. |
Carbon combustion rate on catalyzer: 200 kg/h or above. |
0.20g | 0.15g | 250ppm | |||
8-2. Catalyzer regeneration tower of covering equipment attached to petroleum gas treating facility. |
Burner combustion rate: 6 L/h*3 or above. |
0.10g | 0.05g | 250ppm | |||
9. Baking furnace and smelting furnace used for manufacturing ceramic products. |
Grate area*6: 1 m2or above. Burner combustion rate: Transformer capacity: |
Lime calcining furnace. (underground furnace.) | 0.40g | 0.20g | 180ppm | ||
Lime calcining furnace. (gas burning rotary kiln.) | 0.30g | 0.15g | 250ppm | ||||
Lime calcining furnace. (others) | 180ppm | ||||||
Calcining furnace. (for cement.) | 0.10g | 0.05g | 250ppm | ||||
350ppm | |||||||
Calcining furnace. (for refractory bricks or its raw materials.) | 40,000m3 - | 0.10g | 0.05g | 400ppm | |||
- 40,000m3 | 0.20g | 0.10g | |||||
Calcining furnace. (others) | 40,000m3 - | 0.15g | 0.08g | 180ppm | |||
- 40,000m3 | 0.25g | 0.15g | |||||
Smelting furnace. (for plate glass or glass fiber products.) | 40,000m3 - | 0.10g | 0.05g | 360ppm | |||
- 40,000m3 | 0.15g | 0.08g | |||||
Smelting furnace. (for optical glass, electrical glass or fritting.) | 40,000m3 - | 0.10g | 0.05g | 800ppm | |||
- 40,000m3 | 0.15g | 0.08g | |||||
Smelting furnace. (for other glass products.) | 40,000m3 - | 0.10g | 0.05g | 450ppm | |||
- 40,000m3 | 0.20g | 0.10g | |||||
Smelting furnace. (others.) | 40,000m3 - | 0.10g | 0.05g | 180ppm | |||
- 40,000m3 | 0.20g | 0.10g | |||||
10. Reaction furnace used for inorganic chemical industrial products or foods (including combustion equipment used for manufacturing carbon black) and direct fire furnace. (Item 26 is excluded.) |
Grate area*6: 1 m2or above. Burner combustion rate: Transformer capacity: |
40,000m3 - | 0.15g | 0.08g | 180ppm | ||
- 40,000m3 | 0.20g | 0.10g | |||||
Types | Specification | Types | Soot and dust | Nox | |||
Scale | Gen#1 | Spe#2 | Scale | Std. | |||
11. Drying furnace. (Item 14 and Item 23 are excluded.) |
Grate area*6: 1 m2or above. Burner combustion rate: Transformer capacity: |
Aggregate drying furnace. | 0.50g | 0.20g | 230ppm | ||
Drying furnace. (others.) | 40,000m3 - | 0.15g | 0.08g | ||||
- 40,000m3 | 0.20g | 0.10g | |||||
12. Electric furnace used for pig-making or steel-making or for manufacturing alloy iron or carbide. |
Transformer capacity: 1,000 kVA or above. |
Electric furnace used for producing ferroalloy (40% or more silicon contents). | 0.20g | 0.10g | - | ||
Electric furnace used for producing ferroalloy or for producing carbide. | 0.15g | 0.08g | |||||
Electric furnace. (others.) | 0.10g | 0.05g | |||||
13. Waste material incinerator. |
Grate area*6: 2 m2or above. Incineration rate: |
Waste material continuous incinerator. (by vortex combustion method.) | 4t | 0.04g | 450ppm | ||
2 - 4t | 0.08g | ||||||
Peculiar waste continuous material*8 incinerator. | 4t | 0.04g | 40,000m3 - | 250ppm | |||
2 - 4t | 0.08g | - 40,000m3 | 700ppm | ||||
Waste material continuous incinerator. (others.) | 4t | 0.04g | 250ppm | ||||
2 - 4t | 0.08g | ||||||
Waste material incinerator (others.) | - 2t | 0.15g | 40,000m3 - | 250ppm | |||
- 40,000m3 | - | ||||||
14. Roasting furnace, sintering furnace (including pellet baking furnace), blast furnace (including reflection furnace for melts), converter, smelting furnace and drying furnace used for refining copper, lead and zinc. |
Raw materials consuming capacity: 0.5 t/h or above. Grate area*6: Cross sectional area of tuyere surface*7: Burner combustion rate: |
Roasting furnace. | 40,000m3 - | 0.10g | 0.05g | 220ppm | |
- 40,000m3 | 0.15g | 0.08g | |||||
Sintering furnace. | 0.15g | 0.08g | 220ppm | ||||
Blast furnace. (slag treatment furnace using coal or coke as fuel or reducing agent.) | 0.15g | 0.08g | 450ppm | ||||
Blast furnace. (others) | 100ppm | ||||||
Converter. | 0.15g | 0.08g | - | ||||
Smelting furnace. (copper refining furnace using ammonia as reducing agent) | 40,000m3 - | 0.10g | 0.05g | 330ppm | |||
- 40,000m3 | 0.20g | 0.10g | |||||
Smelting furnace. (others) | 40,000m3 - | 0.10g | 0.05g | 180ppm | |||
- 40,000m3 | 0.20g | 0.10g | |||||
Drying furnace. | 40,000m3 - | 0.15g | 0.08g | 180ppm | |||
- 40,000m3 | 0.20g | 0.10g | |||||
15. Drying facility used manufacturing cadmium pigment or cadmium carbonate. |
Capacity: 0.1 m2 or above |
- | - | - | |||
16. Chlorine quick cooling. Facility used for manufacturing ethylene chloride. |
Chlorine*9 as raw material consuming capacity: 50 kg/h or above. |
- | - | - | |||
17. Smelting furnace used for manufacturing ferric chloride. |
Chlorine*9 as raw material consuming capacity: 50 kg/h or above. |
- | - | - | |||
18. Reaction furnace used for manufacturing activated charcoal. (limited to the method which uses zinc chloride.) |
Burner combustion rate: 3 L/h*3 or above. |
0.30g | 0.15g | 180ppm | |||
19. Chlorine reaction facility. Hydrogen chloride reaction facility and hydrogen chloride absorbing facility used for manufacturing chemical products. (Facilities that use neither chlorine gas nor hydrogen chloride gas are excluded. The facilities listed in preceding three Items and closed type facilities are excluded.) |
Chlorine*9 as raw material consuming capacity: 50 kg/h or above. |
- | - | - | |||
20. Electrolytic furnace used for smelting aluminum |
Current capacity: 30kA or above. |
0.05g | 0.03g | - | |||
Types | Specification | Types | Soot and dust | Nox | |||
Scale | Gen#1 | Spe#2 | Scale | Std. | |||
21. Reaction facility. Concentrating facility. Baking furnace and smelting furnace used for manufacturing phosphorus. Phosphoric acid or phosphoric acidic fertilizer or composite fertilizer. (Facilities that do not use phosphate ore are excluded.) |
Phosphate ore as raw material processing capacity: 80 kg/h or above. Burner combustion rate: Transformer capacity: |
Baking furnace. | 0.15g | 0.08g | 180ppm | ||
Smelting furnace. | 0.20g | 0.10g | 600ppm | ||||
Others. | - | - | - | ||||
22. Condensing facility. Absorbing facility and distilling facility used for manufacturing fluorine. (Closed type facilities are excluded.) |
Heating area: 10 m2or above. Pump power: |
- | - | - | |||
23. Reaction facility. Drying furnace and baking furnace used for manufacturing sodium tripolyphosphate. (Facilities that do not use phosphate ore are excluded.) |
Raw material consuming capacity: 80 kg/h or above. Grate area*6: Burner combustion rate: |
Drying furnace. | 0.10g | 0.05g | 180ppm | ||
Baking furnace. | 0.15g | 0.08g | 180ppm | ||||
Others. | - | - | - | ||||
24. Smelting furnace used for secondary smelting of lead (including manufacturing of lead alloy) or for manufacturing lead pipe, sheet or wire. |
Burner combustion rate: 10 L/h*3or above. Transformer capacity: |
Smelting furnace. | 40,000m3 - | 0.10g | 0.05g | 180ppm | |
- 40,000m3 | 0.20g | 0.10g | |||||
25. Smelting furnace used for manufacturing lead storage battery. |
Burner combustion rate: 4 L/h*3or above. Transformer capacity: |
Smelting furnace. | 40,000m3 - | 0.10g | 0.05g | 180ppm | |
- 40,000m3 | 0.15g | 0.08g | |||||
26. Smelting furnace. Reverberatory furnace. Reflection furnace and drying facility used for manufacturing lead pigment. |
Capacity: 0.1 m2or above. Burner combustion rate: Transformer capacity: |
Smelting furnace. | 40,000m3 - | 0.10g | 0.05g | 180ppm | |
- 40,000m3 | 0.15g | 0.08g | |||||
Reverberatory furnace. | 0.10g | 0.05g | 180ppm | ||||
Reflection furnace. (for making lead nitrate.) | - | - | 180ppm | ||||
Reflection furnace (others) | 0.05g | 0.03g | |||||
Others. | - | - | - | ||||
27. Absorption facility. Bleaching facility and condensing facility used for manufacturing nitric acid. |
Production capacity: 100 kg/h or above. |
- | - | 200ppm | |||
28. Coke furnace. |
Raw material consuming capacity: 20 t/day or above. |
Coke furnace. | 0.15g | 0.10g | 170ppm | ||
29. Gas turbine engine. |
Fuel combustion rate: 50 L/h*3 or above. |
Gas turbine engine. | 0.05g | 0.04g | 70ppm | ||
30. Diesel engine. |
Fuel combustion rate: 50 L/h*3 or above. |
Diesel engine. | 0.10g | 0.08g | 950ppm | ||
31. Gas engine. |
Fuel combustion rate: 35 L/h*3 or above. |
Gas engine. | 0.05g | 0.04g | 600ppm | ||
32. Gasoline engine. |
Fuel combustion rate: 35 L/h*3 or above. |
Gasoline engine. | 0.05g | 0.04g | 600ppm | ||
Types | Specification | Types | Scale | Gen#1 | Spe#2 | Scale | Std. |
Soot and dust | NOx |
- #1:
- Soot and dust emission standard per Nm3 of emitting gas in general area.
- #2:
- Soot and dust emission standard per Nm3 of emitting gas in special area.
- *1:
- Hot blast boilers are included. Boilers that use electricity or waste heat alone are excluded.
- *2:
- Calculated in accordance with the ordinance of the Prime Minister's Office (called simply as "heating area" hereafter).
- *3:
- Calculated in terms of heavy oil.
- *4:
- Excluding a boiler that is auxiliary to a catalyzer regeneration tower or fluidized bed cracker used for refining petroleum.
- *5:
- Produced in the paper pulp production process.
- *6:
- Horizontal projected area, here and hereafter.
- *7:
- Horizontal cross sectional area of the part surrounded by the inner walls of a furnace at the bottom of tuyere, here and hereafter.
- *8:
- Nitrates, animates, cyanates are waste materials discharged from a process which produces or uses derivatives of any of those or from a process which uses ammonia for processing wastewater.
- *9:
- With hydrogen chloride, the rate calculated in terms of chlorine.