# Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1442 of 31 July 2017 establishing best available techniques (BAT) conclusions, under Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, for large combustion plants (notified under document C(2017) 5225) (Text with EEA relevance), Division BAT 18: In order to improve the general environmental performance of the combustion of coal and/or lignite, and in addition to BAT 6, BAT is to use the technique given below.

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

Technique
Description
Applicability
a.
Integrated combustion process ensuring high boiler efficiency and including primary techniques for NOX reduction (e.g. air staging, fuel staging, low-NOX burners (LNB) and/or flue-gas recirculation)
Combustion processes such as pulverised combustion, fluidised bed combustion or moving grate firing allow this integration
Generally applicable

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2017/1442/annex/division/2/division/2.1/division/2.1.1/division/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-1442/annex/division-2/division-2.1/division-2.1.1/division-1
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