{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-2117/annex/division-6/division-6.2/division-BAT+49",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-2117/annex/division-6/division-6.2/division-BAT+49.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/6/division/6.2/division/BAT+49",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "BAT 49:",
  "heading": "In order to recover ethylene and energy and to reduce emissions of organic compounds to air from the EO plant, BAT is to use both of the techniques given below.",
  "text": "Technique\nDescription\nApplicability\nTechniques to recover organic material for reuse or recycling\na.\nUse of pressure swing adsorption or membrane separation to recover ethylene from the inerts purge\nWith the pressure swing adsorption technique, the target gas (in this case ethylene) molecules are adsorbed on a solid (e.g. molecular sieve) at high pressure, and subsequently desorbed in more concentrated form at lower pressure for reuse or recycling.\nFor membrane separation, see Section 12.1\nApplicability may be restricted when the energy demand is excessive due to a low ethylene mass flow\nEnergy recovery techniques\nb.\nSend the inerts purge stream to a combustion unit\nSee BAT 9\nGenerally applicable",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2017/2117/annex/division/6/division/6.2/division/BAT+49",
    "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."
}