combustion plant

any technical apparatus in which fuels are oxidised in order to use the heat thus generated. This Directive shall apply only to combustion plants designed for production of energy with the exception of those which make direct use of the products of combustion in manufacturing processes. In particular, this Directive shall not apply to the following combustion plants: (a) plants in which the products of combustion are used for the direct heating, drying, or any other treatment of objects or materials e.g. reheating furnaces, furnaces for heat treatment; (b) post-combustion plants i.e. any technical apparatus designed to purify the waste gases by combustion which is not operated as an independent combustion plant; (c) facilities for the regeneration of catalytic cracking catalysts; (d) facilities for the conversion of hydrogen sulphide into sulphur; (e) reactors used in the chemical industry; (f) coke battery furnaces; (g) cowpers; (h) any technical apparatus used in the propulsion of a vehicle, ship or aircraft; (i) gas turbines used on offshore platforms; (j) gas turbines licensed before 27 November 2002 or which in the view of the competent authority are the subject of a full request for a licence before 27 November 2002 provided that the plant is put into operation no later than 27 November 2003 without prejudice to Article 7(1) and Annex VIII(A) and (B); Plants powered by diesel, petrol and gas engines shall not be covered by this Directive. Where two or more separate new plants are installed in such a way that, taking technical and economic factors into account, their waste gases could, in the judgement of the competent authorities, be discharged through a common stack, the combination formed by such plants shall be regarded as a single unit;