# 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 42:: In order to prevent or reduce the amount of waste tar being sent for disposal from the distillation unit of ethylbenzene production, BAT is to use one or a combination of the techniques given below.

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

Technique
Description
Applicability
a.
Material recovery (e.g. by distillation, cracking)
See BAT 17c
Only applicable where there are available uses for these recovered materials
b.
Use of tar as an absorbent for scrubbing
See section 12.1. Use the tar as an absorbent in the scrubbers used in styrene monomer production by ethylbenzene dehydrogenation, instead of commercial organic solvents (see BAT 38b). The extent to which tar can be used depends on the scrubber capacity
Generally applicable
c.
Use of tar as a fuel
See BAT 17e
Generally applicable

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2017/2117/annex/division/4/division/4.5/division/BAT+42 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-2117/annex/division-4/division-4.5/division-BAT+42
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