VIETNAMESE STANDARDS TCVN 6560 : 1999

AIR QUALITY – EMISSION STANDARD FOR MEDICAL

SOLID WASTE INCINERATORS – PERMISSIBLE LIMITS

1. Scope of Application

1.1 This Standard stipulates list, maximum permissible limits of pollution

parameters of exhausted gas emit from medical solid waste incinerators
to the surrounding air environment.

1.2 This Standard is to be applied for controlling quality of exhausted gas

from medical solid waste incinerators and also is to be applied for
selection and accomplishment of equipment in the process of
manufacture, import, installation, operation maintenance of medical solid
waste incinerators.

2. Limited values

2.1 The list and maximum permissible limits of the specific pollution
parameters of exhausted gas from medical solid waste incinerators are
given in Table 1 hereof.

2.2 The methods of sampling, analysing and determining pollution

parameters of exhausted gas from medical solid waste incinerators are
stipulated in current ruling Vietnamese Standards.

English translation by Cityboy 2005-01-19 -1 -

Table 1. Maximum permissible limits for pollution parameters of
exhausted gas from medical solid waste incinerators

Chemical Maximum
Parameters Formula & Unit Permissible
Symbol Limits

1. Dust Mg/m3 100

2. Fluohydric acid HF Mg/m3 2

3. Chlohydric acid HCl Mg/m3 100

4. Carbon monoxide CO Mg/m3 100

5. Nitric oxides NOx Mg/m3 350

6. Sulphuric oxides Sox Mg/m3 300

7. Cadmium Cd Mg/m3 1

8. Mercury Hg Mg/m3 0.5

As, Sb, Ni,
Co, Cr, Pb,
9. Total heavy metals Mg/m3 2
Cu, V, Sn,
Mn

10. Total

dioxin C12H8-n*Cln*O2 ng/m3 1

fural C12H8-n*Cln*O

11. Total all organic matters Mg/m3 20

Notes: n* : 2 ≤ n ≤ 8

English translation by Cityboy 2005-01-19 -2 -