{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-2117/annex/division-5/division-5.1/division-BAT+45",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-2117/annex/division-5/division-5.1/division-BAT+45.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2017/2117",
  "legislation_title": "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)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-2117",
  "path": "annex/division/5/division/5.1/division/BAT+45",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "BAT 45:",
  "heading": "In order to reduce emissions of organic compounds to air from formaldehyde production and to use energy efficiently, BAT is to use one of the techniques given below.",
  "text": "Technique\nDescription\nApplicability\na.\nSend the waste gas stream to a combustion unit\nSee BAT 9\nOnly applicable to the silver process\nb.\nCatalytic oxidiser with energy recovery\nSee Section 12.1. Energy is recovered as steam\nOnly applicable to the metal oxide process. The ability to recover energy may be restricted in small stand-alone plants\nc.\nThermal oxidiser with energy recovery\nSee Section 12.1. Energy is recovered as steam\nOnly applicable to the silver process\nTable 5.1\nBAT-AELs for emissions of TVOC and formaldehyde to air from formaldehyde production\nThe lower end of the range is achieved when using a thermal oxidiser in the silver process.\nParameter\nBAT-AEL(daily average or average over the sampling period)(mg/Nm3, no correction for oxygen content)\nTVOC\n< 5–30\nFormaldehyde\n2–5\nThe associated monitoring is in BAT 2.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The lower end of the range is achieved when using a thermal oxidiser in the silver process."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2017/2117/annex/division/5/division/5.1/division/BAT+45",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:13:18.480772+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}