Risk Analysis and Environment Protection, PRA® (Pollution Reduction Analysis) as an Instrument of Application of IPPC

This paper describes how Directive 96/61/CE -- Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) has introduced the principle of pollution prevention and control by using the Best Available Techniques (BAT). The necessity to revamp the plants according to the highest European standards is also discussed. The definition and identification of what can be considered the BAT for an existing plant is a very complex and difficult process. In order to identify environmentally critical aspects and impacts a detailed plant and process performance analysis is needed; a complete benchmarking with European and BREF performances is also needed. TRR in order to meet these requirements has developed a methodology that has been tested on several Italian plants in IPPC authorization request: Pollution Reduction Analysis (PRA). PRA will be described in this paper, showing some application examples. The PRA is a detailed process and emission parameter analysis allows one to pinpoint the instruments to meet the emission targets defined by BAT, choosing between the different alternative technologies proposed. The analysis allows one to pinpoint deviations/anomalies, causes and technical interventions that can produce useful results for the environment, for consumption reduction and an optimization of the resources used.

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  WIT Press

  Computational Mechanics, 25 Bridge Street
  Billerica, MA  United States  01821
• Authors:
  • Romano, A
  • Perrone, F
  • Gotti, M
• Conference:
  • The Second International Conference on Safety and Security Engineering
  • Date: 2007-6-25 to 2007-6-27
• Publication Date: 2007-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 269-276
• Monograph Title: Safety and Security Engineering II

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air quality management; Best practices; Environmental protection; Optimization; Pollution control; Prevention; Risk analysis; Risk assessment; Risk management
• Geographic Terms: Italy
• Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01055582
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9781845640682
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 23 2007 3:10PM