# 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 15: In order to reduce the amount of sludge to be treated or disposed of, BAT is to use one or a combination of the techniques given below.

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

Technique
Description
Applicability
(i)
Sludge pretreatment
Prior to final treatment (e.g. in a fluidised bed incinerator), the sludges are dewatered and/or de-oiled (by e.g. centrifugal decanters or steam dryers) to reduce their volume and to recover oil from slop equipment
Generally applicable
(ii)
Reuse of sludge in process units
Certain types of sludge (e.g. oily sludge) can be processed in units (e.g. coking) as part of the feed due to their oil content
Applicability is restricted to sludges that can fulfil the requirements to be processed in units with appropriate treatment

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2014/738/annex/division/3/division/1.1/division/1.1.8/division/BATn2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2014-738/annex/division-3/division-1.1/division-1.1.8/division-BATn2
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