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:
- - Pitch, mainly used in the aluminum and graphite industry.
- - Naphthalene, a product that can be used for many different things such as dyes, superplasticizers, etc.
- - Special tars, for obtaining waterproofing materials, refractories, etc.
- - Creosotes, used in the treatment of wood.
- - 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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