This Decision sets out the best available techniques (BAT) conclusions for the production of large volume organic chemicals. 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: (a) simple hydrocarbons (linear or cyclic, saturated or unsaturated, aliphatic or aromatic); (b) oxygen-containing hydrocarbons such as alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, esters and mixtures of esters, acetates, ethers, peroxides and epoxy resins; (c) sulphurous hydrocarbons; (d) nitrogenous hydrocarbons such as amines, amides, nitrous compounds, nitro compounds or nitrate compounds, nitriles, cyanates, isocyanates; (e) phosphorus-containing hydrocarbons; (f) halogenic hydrocarbons; (g) organometallic compounds; (k) surface-active agents and surfactants.
2017-11-21