Best Available Technologies

BAT Best available technology MWI Medical waste incinerators... 

Limitations based upon application of the best practicable control technology currently available (BPT) apply to existing point-sources and should have been achieved by July 1, 1977. Limitations based upon application of the BATEA (Best Available Technology Economically Achievable) that will result in reasonable further progress toward elimination of discharges had to be achieved by July 1, 1984. 

Emissions from industrial processes are varied and often complex (4). These emissions can be controlled by applying the best available technology. The emissions may vary slightly from one facility to another, using apparently similar equipment and processes, but in spite of this slight variation, similar control technology is usually applied (5). For example, a... 

General Collection efficiency Legal limitations such as best available technology Initial cost Lifetime and salvage value Operation and maintenance costs Power requirement Space requirements and weight Materials of construction Reliability Reputation of manufacturer and guarantees Ultimate disposal/use of pollutants... 

European Union. 1996. "Best Available Technology Notes on Various Pesticides Manufacturing Processes." Brussels. 

European Community. 1993. "Technical Note on the Best Available Technologies to Reduce Emissions into Air from Coke Plants." Paper presented to BAT Exchange of Information Committee, Brussels, 1993. "Study on the Technical and Economic Aspects of Measures to Reduce the Pollution from the Industrial Emissions of Cokeries." Paper presented to BAT Exchange of Information Committee, Brussels. 

In contrast, the term BACT (sometimes known as BAT, for best available technology) generally refers to those technologies that cost-effectively achieve the... 

Note that the presented particle collection efficiencies cannot be assumed to be for the best available technology and are shown for equipment existing in industry. Dimensioning of particle removal equipment makes it possible to achieve better removal efficiencies in most cases presented in Table 13.1. All particulate and gas-cleaning equipment must be separately designed to meet specified local conditions. 

BATNEEC Best Available Technology Not Entailing Excessive Cost... 

Under Part 1 of EPA 90, an IPC system controls emissions to air, land and water for the most polluting industrial and similar processes. All operators of prescribed processes, e.g. fuel and power, minerals, waste disposal and chemical, require prior authorization. They are required to use BATNEEC, the Best Available Technology Not Entailing Excessive Cost ... 

BAT means the best available technology economically achievable under the U.S. Federal Act Section 304(b)(2)(B). 

Unit operation and unit process configurations have been analyzed for the cost of application to the wastewater of this industry. Recommended unit process configurations for BPT (best practicable control technology) and BAT (best available technology) level of treatment and their costs are summarized briefly in the following sections. 

Table 8.24 documents the current (May 2008) effluent limitations of the cast iron basis material subcategory that represent the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best available technology (BAT) economically achievable. 

Best available technology economically achievable (BAT) guidelines for the control of nonconventional and toxic pollutants (trichlorophenol and pentachlorophenol, which are chemicals used as biocides)... 

BAT, best available technology economically achievable TCDD, 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin TCDF, 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzofuran. 

Larsen HF, Pedersen AR, Birch H, Rasmussen D, Hansen LE (1998) Evaluation of best available technology (BAT) in screen cleaning (report in Danish). Environmental Project No. 381. Danish Ministry of Environment. Environmental Protection Agency, Copenhagen... 

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