# 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), Division BAT 18: In order to prevent or reduce NOX emissions to air from directly heated dryers, BAT is to use technique (a) or technique (a) in combination with technique (b).

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

Technique
Applicability
a
Efficient operation of the combustion process using air- and fuel-staged combustion, while applying pulverised combustion, fluidised bed boilers or moving grate firing
Generally applicable
b
Selective non-catalytic reduction (SNCR) by injection and reaction with urea or liquid ammonia
Applicability may be limited by highly variable combustion conditions
Table 2
BAT-associated emission levels (BAT-AELs) for NOX emissions to air from a directly heated dryer
Parameter
Unit
BAT-AELs(average over the sampling period)
NOX
mg/Nm3
30–250
The associated monitoring is in BAT 14.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2015/2119/annex/division/3/division/1.2/division/1.2.1/division/bat+18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-2119/annex/division-3/division-1.2/division-1.2.1/division-bat+18
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