# Commission Implementing Decision of 9 October 2014 establishing best available techniques (BAT) conclusions, under Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on industrial emissions, for the refining of mineral oil and gas (notified under document C(2014) 7155) (Text with EEA relevance) (2014/738/EU), Division BAT 2: In order to use energy efficiently, BAT is to use an appropriate combination of the techniques given below.

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

Technique
Description
(i) Design techniques
a.
Pinch analysis
Methodology based on a systematic calculation of thermodynamic targets for minimising energy consumption of processes. Used as a tool for the evaluation of total systems designs
b.
Heat integration
Heat integration of process systems ensures that a substantial proportion of the heat required in various processes is provided by exchanging heat between streams to be heated and streams to be cooled
c.
Heat and power recovery
Use of energy recovery devices e.g.:
waste heat boilers
expanders/power recovery in the FCC unit
use of waste heat in district heating
(ii) Process control and maintenance techniques
a.
Process optimisation
Automated controlled combustion in order to lower the fuel consumption per tonne of feed processed, often combined with heat integration for improving furnace efficiency
b.
Management and reduction of steam consumption
Systematic mapping of drain valve systems in order to reduce steam consumption and optimise its use
c.
Use of energy benchmark
Participation in ranking and benchmarking activities in order to achieve continuous improvement by learning from best practice
(iii) Energy-efficient production techniques
a.
Use of combined heat and power
System designed for the co-production (or the cogeneration) of heat (e.g. steam) and electric power from the same fuel
b.
Integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC)
Technique whose purpose is to produce steam, hydrogen (optional) and electric power from a variety of fuel types (e.g. heavy fuel oil or coke) with a high conversion efficiency

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2014/738/annex/division/3/division/1.1/division/1.1.2/division/BAT (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2014-738/annex/division-3/division-1.1/division-1.1.2/division-BAT
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