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These BAT conclusions concern the production of the following organic chemicals, as specified in Section 4.1 of Annex I to Directive 2010/75/EU:

  1. (a)

    simple hydrocarbons (linear or cyclic, saturated or unsaturated, aliphatic or aromatic);

  2. (b)

    oxygen-containing hydrocarbons such as alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, esters and mixtures of esters, acetates, ethers, peroxides and epoxy resins;

  3. (c)

    sulphurous hydrocarbons;

  4. (d)

    nitrogenous hydrocarbons such as amines, amides, nitrous compounds, nitro compounds or nitrate compounds, nitriles, cyanates, isocyanates;

  5. (e)

    phosphorus-containing hydrocarbons;

  6. (f)

    halogenic hydrocarbons;

  7. (g)

    organometallic compounds;

  8. (k)

    surface-active agents and surfactants.

These BAT conclusions also cover the production of hydrogen peroxide as specified in Section 4.2(e) of Annex I to Directive 2010/75/EU.

These BAT conclusions cover combustion of fuels in process furnaces/heaters, where this is part of the abovementioned activities.

These BAT conclusions cover production of the aforementioned chemicals in continuous processes where the total production capacity of those chemicals exceeds 20 kt/year.

These BAT conclusions do not address the following:

  • combustion of fuels other than in a process furnace/heater or a thermal/catalytic oxidiser; this may be covered by the BAT conclusions for Large Combustion Plants (LCP);

  • incineration of waste; this may be covered by the BAT conclusions for Waste Incineration (WI);

  • ethanol production taking place on an installation covered by the activity description in Section 6.4(b)(ii) of Annex I to Directive 2010/75/EU or covered as a directly associated activity to such an installation; this may be covered by the BAT conclusions for Food, Drink and Milk Industries (FDM).

Other BAT conclusions which are complementary for the activities covered by these BAT conclusions include:

  • Common Waste Water/Waste Gas Treatment/Management Systems in the Chemical Sector (CWW);

  • Common Waste Gas Treatment in the Chemical Sector (WGC).

Other BAT conclusions and reference documents which may be of relevance for the activities covered by these BAT conclusions are the following:

  • Economics and Cross-media Effects (ECM);

  • Emissions from Storage (EFS);

  • Energy Efficiency (ENE);

  • Industrial Cooling Systems (ICS);

  • Large Combustion Plants (LCP);

  • Refining of Mineral Oil and Gas (REF);

  • Monitoring of Emissions to Air and Water from IED installations (ROM);

  • Waste Incineration (WI);

  • Waste Treatment (WT).