ISO DIS 13617

Description / Abstract: This document covers the design, manufacture, performance, operation, functioning and testing of incinerators intended to incinerate garbage and other shipboard wastes generated during a ship's normal service (i.e., maintenance, operational, domestic and cargo associated wastes).

This document applies to incinerator plants with capabilities up to 4 000 kW per unit. This document does not apply to systems on special incinerator ships, e.g. for burning industrial wastes such as chemicals, manufacturing residues, etc.

It does not address the electrical supply to the unit, nor the foundation connections and stack connections.

This document provides emission requirements in Annex A, and fire protection requirements in annex B. Provisions for incinerators integrated with heat recovery units and provisions for flue gas temperatures are given in informative Annex C and normative Annex D, respectively.

The activities associated with this document may involve hazardous materials, operations and equipment. It does not purport to address all of the safety problems associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this document to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.