Division 1.7 BAT conclusions for the manufacturing of adhesive tapes

United Kingdom

The emission levels for the manufacturing of adhesive tapes given below are associated with the general BAT conclusions given in Section 1.1.

Table 16

BAT-associated emission level (BAT-AEL) for total emissions of VOCs from the manufacturing of adhesive tapes

Parameter	Unit	BAT-AEL(Yearly average)
This BAT-AEL may not apply to the manufacturing of plastic films used in temporary surface protection.
Total VOC emissions as calculated by the solvent mass balance	Percentage (%) of the solvent input	< 1–3^f1

The associated monitoring is given in BAT 10.

Table 17

BAT-associated emission level (BAT-AEL) for VOC emissions in waste gases from the manufacturing of adhesive tapes

Parameter	Unit	BAT-AEL(Daily average or average over the sampling period)
The upper end of the BAT-AEL range is 50 mg C/Nm3 if techniques are used which allow the reuse/recycling of the recovered solvent.
For plants using BAT 16 (c) in combination with an off-gas treatment technique, an additional BAT-AEL of less than 50 mg C/Nm3 applies to the waste gas of the concentrator.
TVOC	mg C/Nm³	2–20^f2 ^f3

The associated monitoring is given in BAT 11.

Annotations

f1: This BAT-AEL may not apply to the manufacturing of plastic films used in temporary surface protection.
f2: The upper end of the BAT-AEL range is 50 mg C/Nm3 if techniques are used which allow the reuse/recycling of the recovered solvent.
f3: For plants using BAT 16 (c) in combination with an off-gas treatment technique, an additional BAT-AEL of less than 50 mg C/Nm3 applies to the waste gas of the concentrator.