SCHEDULE 5

SHIPBOARD INCINERATORS

1.    Type approval and operating limits for shipboard incinerators

1.1    Shipboard incinerators described in Regulation 24 of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) Regulations 2008 shall be approved in accordance with Merchant Shipping Notice 1734 (M+F).

1.2    Incinerators described in Regulation 24 (8) shall operate within the following limits:

O2 in combustion chamber

:

6-12%
CO in flue gas maximum average

:

200 mg/MJ
Soot number maximum average

:

Bacharach 3 or Ringelman 1 (20% opacity)
(A higher soot number is acceptable only during very short periods such as starting up)
Unburned components in ash residues

:

maximum 10% by weight
Combustion chamber flue gas outlet temperature

:

850 -1200o C