PCFC- Entity (Business Unit) Name: Trakhees – Ports, Customs & Free Zone Corporation
Department Name: Civil Engineering Department (CED)
Section Name: Permits Section (Facilities)
Document Reference Number: PCFC-TRK-CED-PS-REG-27
Revision Number: 01
Revision Date: May 2019
Classification: Public
27.1 Industrial manufacturing process and some commercial establishments generate waste gases, fumes and dusts which are collected and discharged to the atmosphere through vertical chimneys or vents. Dubai Local Order No. 61 of 1991 requires all occupiers to discharge such waste through chimneys. This guideline sets out the information required for the design and installation of chimneys necessary to comply with the Local Order.
27.2 In any industry or commercial establishment airborne wastes shall be collected by the Best Practicable Means and discharged to atmosphere.
27.3 All waste discharges shall have an unimpeded vertical discharge. Any weather protection cowls shall be designed so that they do not obstruct the vertical free flow gases, fumes or dust. Installation of conical weather caps and ...