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Bilbaína de Alquitranes - Installations

Bilbaína de Alquitranes, S.A. focuses its activity on the fractioned distillation of coal tar, using two facilities:

  • Continuous distillation plant.
  • Discontinuous distillation plant.

The same process is carried out in both facilities, and the reason for their co-existence is simply to provide flexibility in production.

As a result of the coal tar distillation process, several products are obtained:

  1. - Pitch, mainly used in the aluminum and graphite industry.
  2. - Naphthalene, a product that can be used for many different things such as dyes, superplasticizers, etc.
  3. - Special tars, for obtaining waterproofing materials, refractories, etc.
  4. - Creosotes, used in the treatment of wood.
  5. - Oils, mainly for the manufacture of carbon black, and other derivatives.

Diagram 1: The main existing installations at Bilbaína Alquitranes

Along with the production plants, BASA also has environmental protection installations:

  • Thermal oxidation plant
  • Industrial water treatment plants
  • Rain water treatment plant.

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