# Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1032 of 13 June 2016 establishing best available techniques (BAT) conclusions, under Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, for the non-ferrous metals industries (notified under document C(2016) 3563) (Text with EEA relevance), Division BAT 177

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

In order to reduce diffuse PAH emissions to air from the storage, handling and transport of liquid pitch, BAT is to use one or a combination of the techniques given below.
Technique
a
Back-venting of the liquid pitch storage tank
b
Condensation by external and/or internal cooling with air and/or water systems (e.g. conditioning towers), followed by filtration techniques (adsorption scrubbers or ESP)
c
Collection and transfer of collected off-gases to abatement techniques (dry scrubber or thermal oxidiser/regenerative thermal oxidiser) available at other stages of the process (e.g. mixing and shaping or baking)

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2016/1032/annex/division/1.9/division/1.9.1/division/1.9.1.1/division/bat+177 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-1032/annex/division-1.9/division-1.9.1/division-1.9.1.1/division-bat+177
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