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Division 2.3 Emissions to air

United Kingdom

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BAT 17. In order to reduce channelled dust emissions to air, BAT is to use one of the techniques given below.

TechniqueDescriptionApplicability
aBag filterSee Section 14.2.May not be applicable to the abatement of sticky dust.
bCycloneGenerally applicable.

Table 4

BAT-associated emission levels (BAT-AELs) for channelled dust emissions to air from grinding and pellet cooling in compound feed manufacture

ParameterSpecific processUnitBAT-AEL(average over the sampling period)
New plantsExisting plants
DustGrindingmg/Nm3 < 2-5< 2-10
Pellet cooling< 2-20

The associated monitoring is given in BAT 5.