# Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/2117 of 21 November 2017 establishing best available techniques (BAT) conclusions, under Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, for the production of large volume organic chemicals (notified under document C(2017) 7469) (Text with EEA relevance), Division BAT 75:: In order to reduce the organic load sent to the final waste gas treatment and to reduce raw material consumption, BAT is to use all of the techniques given below.

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

Technique
Description
Applicability
Process-integrated techniques
a.
Control of feed quality
Control the quality of the feed to minimise the formation of residues (e.g. propane and acetylene content of ethylene; bromine content of chlorine; acetylene content of hydrogen chloride)
Generally applicable
b.
Use of oxygen instead of air for oxychlorination
Only applicable to new oxychlorination plants or major oxychlorination plant upgrades
Techniques to recover organic material
c.
Condensation using chilled water or refrigerants
Use condensation (see Section 12.1) with chilled water or refrigerants such as ammonia or propylene to recover organic compounds from individual vent gas streams before sending them to final treatment
Generally applicable

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2017/2117/annex/division/10/division/10.1/division/10.1.2/division/BAT+75 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-2117/annex/division-10/division-10.1/division-10.1.2/division-BAT+75
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