Since 2024, with Directive 2010/75/EU and the new 2024 BAT conclusions, the sector has been under significant pressure: stricter environmental controls, the risk of exceeding VOC emission limits, and rising operating costs with a direct impact on company margins.
Many solvent recovery plants, designed in an outdated energy context, no longer ensure compliance or sustainability: inefficient recovery, high OPEX, and a tangible risk of penalties and production shutdowns.
EPC Srl’s HRT™ process, recently granted international patent protection, represents a paradigm shift. It does not reduce consumption at the expense of efficiency; instead, it optimizes the process by increasing recovery capacity with the same installed activated carbon.
The results: +50% per year solvent recovered, -37.5% electricity consumption, -68.5% gas consumption, -81.8% cooling water, and -50% nitrogen. Also applicable as a retrofit solution, it enhances existing plants, turning them into compliant, sustainable, and competitive systems.
