# 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 37: In order to prevent or reduce NOX emissions to air from the combustion of gas oil in gas turbines, BAT is to use one or a combination of the techniques given below.

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

Technique
Description
Applicability
a.
Water/steam addition
See description in Section 8.3
The applicability may be limited due to water availability
b.
Low-NOX burners (LNB)
Only applicable to turbine models for which low-NOX burners are available on the market
c.
Selective catalytic reduction (SCR)
Not applicable to combustion plants operated < 500 h/yr.
There may be technical and economic restrictions for retrofitting existing combustion plants operated between 500 h/yr and 1 500 h/yr.
Retrofitting existing combustion plants may be constrained by the availability of sufficient space

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2017/1442/annex/division/3/division/3.3/division/3.3.2/division/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-1442/annex/division-3/division-3.3/division-3.3.2/division-1
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