# Commission Implementing Decision of 28 February 2012 establishing the best available techniques (BAT) conclusions under Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on industrial emissions for the manufacture of glass (notified under document C(2012) 865) (Text with EEA relevance) (2012/134/EU), Division 2

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

BAT is to reduce the specific energy consumption by using one or a combination of the following techniques:
Technique
Applicability
(i)
Process optimisation, through the control of the operating parameters
The techniques are generally applicable
(ii)
Regular maintenance of the melting furnace
(iii)
Optimisation of the furnace design and the selection of the melting technique
Applicable for new plants.
For existing plants, the implementation requires a complete rebuild of the furnace
(iv)
Application of combustion control techniques
Applicable to fuel/air and oxy-fuel fired furnaces
(v)
Use of increasing levels of cullet, where available and economically and technically viable
Not applicable to the continuous filament glass fibre, high temperature insulation wool and frits sectors
(vi)
Use of a waste heat boiler for energy recovery, where technically and economically viable
Applicable to fuel/air and oxy-fuel fired furnaces.
The applicability and economic viability of the technique is dictated by the overall efficiency that may be obtained, including the effective use of the steam generated
(vii)
Use of batch and cullet preheating, where technically and economically viable
Applicable to fuel/air and oxy-fuel fired furnaces.
The applicability is normally restricted to batch compositions with more than 50 % cullet

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2012/134/annex/division/5/division/1.1/division/1.1.2/division/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-134/annex/division-5/division-1.1/division-1.1.2/division-2
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