# Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/2031 of 12 November 2019 establishing best available techniques (BAT) conclusions for the food, drink and milk industries, under Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2019) 7989) (Text with EEA relevance), Division 4.4: Emissions to air

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

BAT 23. In order to reduce channelled dust emissions to air from drying, BAT is to use one or a combination of the techniques given below.
Technique
Description
Applicability
(a)
Bag filter
See Section 14.2.
May not be applicable to the abatement of sticky dust.
(b)
Cyclone
Generally applicable.
(c)
Wet scrubber
Table 10
BAT-associated emission level (BAT-AEL) for channelled dust emissions to air from drying
The upper end of the range is 20 mg/Nm3 for drying of demineralised whey powder, casein and lactose.
Parameter
Unit
BAT-AEL (average over the sampling period)
Dust
mg/Nm3
< 2-10
The associated monitoring is given in BAT 5.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2019/2031/annex/division/4/division/4.4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-2031/annex/division-4/division-4.4
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