Apparatus is described for treating an effluent fluid stream from a
semiconductor manufacturing process tool. The apparatus comprises a
combustion chamber, means for heating the combustion chamber, and a
nozzle for injecting the effluent stream into the combustion chamber. The
apparatus is configured to enable a fuel and an oxidant to be selectively
injected into the effluent stream as required to optimise the combustion
conditions for a particular effluent stream. In one to embodiment, a
lance projecting into the nozzle selectively injects an oxidant into the
effluent stream, and a sleeve surrounding the nozzle selectively injects
a fuel into the effluent stream.