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Organized by the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Water Administration

of Albania with support from the CPRAC and MEDPOL in the framework of the

UNEP Strategic Partnership for the Mediterranean Sea Large Marine

Ecosystem (MedPartnership)!

PCBs Training workshop in Tirana

January 21st – 24th , 2014

PCBs sound management chapter A part 1

Classification of PCBs

• -Stockholm Convention is the international convention about persistent Organic Pollutant- (POPs) under the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) -Entered in to force May 2004 -Albania signed 2001 and ratified 4-10-2004

STOCKHOLM CONVENTION

-Controls and or Bans the use of POPs -Especially for PCBs sets a phase out date 2025 +3 years, if necessary -Phase out of equipment containing more than 50ppm Liquid PCBs

STOCKHOLM CONVENTION

STOCKHOLM CONVENTION

PCBs Classification

PCBs Classifications:

-PCBs:

liquid containing more than 10.000ppm PCBs or 5 liter

-PCBs contaminated:

containing liquid PCBs 50-500ppm or 5 liter

-PCBs equipment:

containing PCBs more than 50ppm or 0,05liter

-non PCBs:

solids and liquids with less <50ppm (mg/Kg)

Next follows a proposal to mark using colors transformers Note!! that the same coloring system can be used for capacitors and other equipment

STOCKHOLM CONVENTION

Classification of transformers

STOCKHOLM CONVENTION

Classification of transformers

STOCKHOLM CONVENTION

Marking of transformers

Categories of Transformer and PCBs

contamination

Transformer: PCBs free!!

Transformer: PCBs oil !!

Transformer Repaired / Refurbished:

PCBs contaminated!!, (plate or not,

manufactured before 1986, maintenance

schedule, Then Assume to be PCBs

contaminated, until negative results ??

Classification of transformers using Colour code

STOCKHOLM CONVENTION

Than you very much for your attention

Panos Ioakimidis

ecoterra@otenet.gr

ioakimidispan@gmail.com