title: A Standardized Procedure for a Pre-evaluation of the IED Instance.
abstract: This study presents a procedure, called EICS (Enterprise IPPC Compatibility Study) aimed at evaluating, by means of the calculation of three indexes, the compliance of the processes performed in an industrial plant with the guidelines provided by BREFs (BAT References) Documents. In fact, according to European Directive 2010/75/EU (concerning the Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control and repealing European Directive 2008/01/EC), industrial plants must require authorizations to the competent authority stating the conformity of their activity, in order to obtain this conformity they are advised to Best Available Technologies (BAT). The aim of the BATs is to avoid or minimize the impact of an industrial activity on the environment through the prevention of the atmospheric emissions, wastewater discharge and energetic consumption, and the correct waste management thus improving the efficiency of the plant. The procedure shown in the present paper has been tested on several types of industrial plant (cement plants, secondary smelt foundries, paper-mill, and automotive industries as regards their paint lines). In this paper, the application of EICS method to a cement plant is presented: the obtained results highlight a good correlation between the index values and the real situation of the plant.
authors.affiliation: DIATI (Department of Engineering for Environment, Land and Infrastructures), Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24, 10129, Turin, Italy. deborah.panepinto@polito.it.
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Panepinto
authors.affiliation: DIATI (Department of Engineering for Environment, Land and Infrastructures), Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24, 10129, Turin, Italy. barbara.ruffino@polito.it.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ruffino
authors.affiliation: DIATI (Department of Engineering for Environment, Land and Infrastructures), Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24, 10129, Turin, Italy. mariachiara.zanetti@polito.it.
authors.forename: Mariachiara
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zanetti
authors.affiliation: DIATI (Department of Engineering for Environment, Land and Infrastructures), Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24, 10129, Turin, Italy. giuseppe.genon@polito.it.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Genon
mesh_terms: D004777:Environment; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000032:analysis / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005062:European Union; D007220:Industrial Waste; D018505:Waste Management / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D007220:Industrial Waste
keywords: Best available technologies; Environmental impact; Industrial plant; Integrated environmental authorization; Weight and score