{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-2119/annex/division-3/division-1.2/division-1.2.1/division-bat+17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-2119/annex/division-3/division-1.2/division-1.2.1/division-bat+17.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2015/2119",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/2119 of 20 November 2015 establishing best available techniques (BAT) conclusions, under Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, for the production of wood-based panels (notified under document C(2015) 8062) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-2119",
  "path": "annex/division/3/division/1.2/division/1.2.1/division/bat+17",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "BAT 17",
  "heading": "In order to prevent or reduce emissions to air from the dryer, BAT is to achieve and manage a balanced operation of the drying process and to use one or a combination of the techniques given below.",
  "text": "Descriptions of the techniques are given in Section 1.4.1.\nTechnique\nMain pollutants abated\nApplicability\na\nDust abatement of inlet hot gas to a directly heated dryer in combination with one or a combination of the other techniques listed below\nDust\nApplicability may be restricted, e.g. in cases of existing smaller wood dust burners.\nb\nBag filter\nDust\nApplicable to indirectly heated dryers only. Due to safety concerns, special care should be taken when using exclusively recovered wood.\nc\nCyclone\nDust\nGenerally applicable.\nd\nUTWS dryer and combustion with heat exchanger and thermal treatment of discharged dryer waste gas\nDust, volatile organic compounds\nNot applicable to fibre dryers.\nApplicability may be limited for existing combustion plants not suitable for post-combustion of the partial dryer waste gas flow.\ne\nWet electrostatic precipitator\nDust, volatile organic compounds\nGenerally applicable.\nf\nWet scrubber\nDust, volatile organic compounds\nGenerally applicable.\ng\nBioscrubber\nDust, volatile organic compounds\nApplicability may be limited by high dust concentrations and high temperatures in the waste gas from the dryer.\nh\nChemical degradation or capture of formaldehyde with chemicals in combination with a wet scrubbing system\nFormaldehyde\nGenerally applicable in wet abatement systems.\nTable 1\nBAT-associated emission levels (BAT-AELs) for emissions to air from the dryer and for combined treated emissions from the dryer and the press\nThis BAT-AEL does not apply when using pine as the predominant raw material.\nEmissions below 30 mg/Nm3 can be achieved using UTWS dryer.\nWhen using almost exclusively recovered wood, the upper end of the range may be up to 15 mg/Nm3.\nParameter\nProduct\nDryer type\nUnit\nBAT-AELs(average over the sampling period)\nDust\nPB or OSB\nDirectly heated dryer\nmg/Nm3\n3–30\nIndirectly heated dryer\n3–10\nFibre\nAll types\n3–20\nTVOC\nPB\nAll types\n< 20–200\nOSB\n10–400\nFibre\n< 20–120\nFormaldehyde\nPB\nAll types\n< 5–10\nOSB\n< 5–20\nFibre\n< 5–15\nThe associated monitoring is in BAT 14.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Descriptions of the techniques are given in Section 1.4.1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "This BAT-AEL does not apply when using pine as the predominant raw material."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Emissions below 30 mg/Nm3 can be achieved using UTWS dryer."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "When using almost exclusively recovered wood, the upper end of the range may be up to 15 mg/Nm3."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2015/2119/annex/division/3/division/1.2/division/1.2.1/division/bat+17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:14:09.363039+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}