40 CFR § 62.14765 - What is an air curtain incinerator?

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title: "40 CFR § 62.14765 - What is an air curtain incinerator?"
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "62.14765"
section_name: "What is an air curtain incinerator?"
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "AIR PROGRAMS"
part_number: "62"
part_name: "APPROVAL AND PROMULGATION OF STATE PLANS FOR DESIGNATED FACILITIES AND POLLUTANTS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 7401"
regulatory_source: "43 FR 51393, Nov. 3, 1978, unless otherwise noted."
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# 62.14765 What is an air curtain incinerator?

An air curtain incinerator operates by forcefully projecting a curtain of air across an open chamber or open pit in which combustion occurs. Incinerators of this type can be constructed above or below ground and with or without refractory walls and floor. (Air curtain incinerators are different from conventional combustion devices which typically have enclosed fireboxes and controlled air technology such as mass burn, modular, and fluidized bed combustors.)