CN114073915A - Device for producing alkali metal hydroxide particles - Google Patents

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CN114073915A
CN114073915A CN202010849034.3A CN202010849034A CN114073915A CN 114073915 A CN114073915 A CN 114073915A CN 202010849034 A CN202010849034 A CN 202010849034A CN 114073915 A CN114073915 A CN 114073915A
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斯蒂芬·库茨穆茨
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    • B01J2/22Processes or devices for granulating materials, e.g. fertilisers in general; Rendering particulate materials free flowing in general, e.g. making them hydrophobic by pressing in moulds or between rollers
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Abstract

The invention relates to a device for granulating alkali metal hydroxide, comprising a housing, a granulating unit with a rotating pressing element and a die plate or a die drum, a feed line for feeding alkali metal hydroxide into a granulator, an alkali metal hydroxide granule receiving unit, characterized by a feed of dry air or nitrogen into the housing.

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Device for producing alkali metal hydroxide particles
The invention relates to a device for granulating alkali metal hydroxide. The apparatus comprises a housing, a granulating unit with a rotating pressing element and a die plate or die drum, a feed line for feeding alkali metal hydroxide into the granulator, and an alkali metal hydroxide particle receiving unit.
Alkali metal hydroxide flakes, particularly sodium hydroxide flakes, are prepared by immersing the lower portion of a slowly rotating water-cooled metal drum in a bath of molten sodium hydroxide. The melt adheres to the cylinder surface and solidifies outside the bath. The solid alkali metal hydroxide coating was stripped with a knife to form a thin sheet before the metal cylinder was again immersed in the bath.
The flakes have the disadvantage of being easily broken and forming dust when moving. Upon storage, for example in silos, they tend to aggregate and form dense masses.
Other forms of solid alkali metal hydroxide are particles formed from droplets of molten alkali metal hydroxide, which solidify in a stream of cold air. This technique requires large towers and large amounts of cooling air, as well as high investment in equipment.
The mechanically more convenient form of storage and handling of alkali metal hydroxides, especially sodium hydroxide, is in the form of cylindrical particles.
Granulation on an industrial scale is known from other technical fields, in particular the production of animal feed pellets. It is desirable to have a granulator designed to form alkali metal hydroxide particles. Such granulators should take into account the specific properties and requirements of the alkali metal hydroxide and their handling details.
First, solid alkali metal hydroxides are extremely hygroscopic. They absorb water from the atmosphere on each contact, resulting in the formation of a brine film on the surface, which enhances aggregation and compaction. In more humid conditions, solid alkali metal hydroxides rapidly form liquid alkali.
Secondly, the alkali metal hydroxides in solid form are brittle, which prevents them from deforming under pressure. Instead, the alkali metal hydroxide flakes are broken. In conventional granulators, solid alkali metal hydroxide flakes will quickly convert to dust rather than become pelletized.
Finally, alkali metal hydroxides are highly reactive. Caustic soda reacts with glass, aluminum, iron, to name a few. Care should be taken to select a resistant material for storing and handling the alkali metal hydroxide. Suitable materials are, for example, stainless steel grades and polyalkylene.
It has now been found that the alkali metal hydroxide can be easily granulated when heated to the plasticizing temperature, which is a temperature much lower than the melting temperature. For sodium hydroxide, the plasticizing temperature is in the range of 63 ℃ to 95 ℃, where solid sodium hydroxide becomes ductile. This temperature range will allow granulation of sodium hydroxide in conventional granulation machines used in the food industry. The plasticizing temperature of potassium hydroxide is in the same range.
Of course, the hygroscopicity of alkali metal hydroxides must be taken into account. This requires isolation of the granulator from moist air.
The invention therefore provides an apparatus for granulating alkali metal hydroxide, comprising a housing, a granulation unit with a rotating pressing element and a die plate or die drum, a feed line for feeding alkali metal hydroxide into a granulator, and an alkali metal hydroxide granule receiving unit, and a feed of nitrogen or dry air into the housing.
In particular, such a device is made of stainless steel.
The granulation unit is more or less conventional, wherein the alkali metal hydroxide to be granulated is fed in solid form and is pressed by a rotating element through a die in a die plate or a die drum. However, in order to take into account the hygroscopicity of alkali metal hydroxides, a feed of shell and drying air is required, wherein the humidity is reduced to a level insufficient for the formation of brine. The relative humidity of the drying air should be at most 30%, preferably 20% or less, corresponding to a dew point of the air at room temperature of 4 ℃ to 8 ℃.
The high temperature necessary for the alkali metal hydroxide to become ductile is usually provided by process heat, which is generated by friction in the granulator. However, in the initial stage, at low rotation speeds and with the formation of large-diameter particles, this heat will not be sufficient to provide the necessary temperature, for example greater than 63 ℃ for sodium hydroxide. Therefore, it is preferred and sometimes desirable to provide a heating unit to heat the alkali metal hydroxide feed and/or the granulation unit.
The alkali metal hydroxide feed can consist of all alkali metal hydroxides in solid form, for example flakes, dusts or pellets. The granulation process can be integrated into any process for the production of solid alkali metal hydroxide and utilize residues from other production forms, such as flakes and pellets.
In a process for producing alkali metal hydroxide granules, solid alkali metal hydroxide is fed into a commercial granulator disposed in a housing having a dry air feed wherein a rotating compaction member pushes the pressware through the holes of a die plate or die drum. The continuously extruded alkali metal hydroxide cylinder exiting the die is periodically cut off with a mechanical device, such as a knife, to limit the length of the cylindrical particles as desired. Typically, the particles will be in the range of 1mm to 8mm in diameter and between 0.5 and 2.0 times the diameter in length.
The raw particles leave the pellet press by gravity and are sized in a sizing unit comprising one or more sieves. The undersize portion is returned to the feed line and the portion of the correct size is collected in a container or bag for further processing or storage. In the classifying unit, the temperature of the primary particles should be below the plasticizing temperature, preferably below 55 ℃, to avoid further deformation.
Thus, it may be necessary to cool the particles after shaping, for example in a cold stream of dry air.
Alkali metal hydroxide particles, especially sodium hydroxide particles, have good pressure resistance and can be stored in silos without compaction or agglomeration. The particles can be transported and handled without the formation of dust. This allows for various transportation, silo storage and packaging.
The invention also relates to a process in which the solid alkali metal hydroxide in any form and from any production process is heated or cooled to a plasticizing temperature, in particular between 63 ℃ and 95 ℃, fed into a granulator and granulated in an atmosphere of dry nitrogen or dry air. The feed and/or pellet press may be heated to a plasticizing temperature. The granules formed in the granulator are screened over a screen, preferably having a mesh size slightly below the desired particle diameter, to separate the undersized material. To avoid further deformation of the granules, the granules are cooled below the plasticizing temperature, preferably below 55 ℃ for sodium hydroxide.

Claims (18)

1. An apparatus for granulating alkali metal hydroxide comprising
A shell body, a plurality of first connecting rods and a plurality of second connecting rods,
a granulating unit with a rotating pressing element and a mould plate or mould drum,
a feed line for feeding an alkali metal hydroxide into the granulator,
an alkali metal hydroxide particle-receiving unit,
characterized by a feed of dry air or nitrogen into the shell.
2. The device of claim 1, wherein the alkali metal hydroxide is sodium hydroxide.
3. The device according to claim 1, comprising an air dryer designed to provide dry air with a relative humidity of at most 30%.
4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the drying air has a dew point of 4 ℃ to 8 ℃, the drying air having a room temperature.
5. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a classification system for separating the alkali metal hydroxide particles into undersize material and material having a desired size.
6. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a cooling unit for cooling the alkali metal hydroxide particles below a plasticizing temperature.
7. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a heating unit designed to provide a temperature at which the alkali metal hydroxide to be granulated becomes ductile.
8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the heating unit provides heat to the alkali metal hydroxide feed.
9. The apparatus of claim 7 or 8, wherein the heating unit provides heat to the granulation unit.
10. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the alkali metal hydroxide is sodium hydroxide and the temperature is in a range of 63 ℃ to 95 ℃.
11. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the undersize material is recycled to the granulation unit.
12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the dies of the die plate or die drum are designed to provide particles having a diameter in the range of 1mm to 8 mm.
13. The apparatus of claim 12, further comprising a knife for periodically cutting the extruded alkali metal hydroxide particles.
14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the alkali metal hydroxide particles are cut to a length of 0.5 to 2.0 times the diameter.
15. A process for granulating an alkali metal hydroxide comprising the steps of:
providing the alkali metal hydroxide at a temperature at which the alkali metal hydroxide is malleable,
feeding the alkali metal hydroxide in malleable form to a granulator,
granulating the alkali metal hydroxide under an atmosphere of dry nitrogen or dry air,
classifying and collecting the granulated alkali metal hydroxide.
16. The process of claim 15, carried out in dry air having a relative humidity of less than 30%.
17. The method of claim 15, wherein the pelletized alkali metal hydroxide is cooled to a temperature below the plasticizing temperature prior to classification.
18. The method of claim 15, wherein the temperature of the alkali metal hydroxide is 63 ℃ to 95 ℃.
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