Speaking to
reporters, Siavash Derafshi said an investment of Rl. 640 billion was made in
the major environmental project which is aimed at gathering and disposing
pollutant gases in the ABS unit of the facility.
An RTO is
a piece of industrial equipment used for the treatment of exhaust air. The
system is a type of thermal oxidizer that uses a bed of ceramic material to
absorb heat from the exhaust gas. It then uses this captured heat to preheat
the incoming process gas stream and destroy air pollutants emitted from process
exhaust streams at temperatures ranging from 815 °C (1,500 F) to 980 °C (1,800
F).
Derafshi
said with the implementation of the project, a significant portion of the volatile
organic compound (VOC) content of the ABS unit would be collected through a channel
using a blower system and sent to a special furnace at 800 to 1000° C temperatures.
He said
the system was built with the cooperation of an Italian company and was implemented
within 10 months, rather than 12 months that was initially expected.