EP0502063A1 - A method for the destruction of halogen-containing substances - Google Patents

A method for the destruction of halogen-containing substances

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EP0502063A1
EP0502063A1 EP19900917609 EP90917609A EP0502063A1 EP 0502063 A1 EP0502063 A1 EP 0502063A1 EP 19900917609 EP19900917609 EP 19900917609 EP 90917609 A EP90917609 A EP 90917609A EP 0502063 A1 EP0502063 A1 EP 0502063A1
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Carl-Lennart Axelsson
Björn TÖRNEMAN
Krister Torsell
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A62—LIFE-SAVING; FIRE-FIGHTING
    • A62D—CHEMICAL MEANS FOR EXTINGUISHING FIRES OR FOR COMBATING OR PROTECTING AGAINST HARMFUL CHEMICAL AGENTS; CHEMICAL MATERIALS FOR USE IN BREATHING APPARATUS
    • A62D3/00—Processes for making harmful chemical substances harmless or less harmful, by effecting a chemical change in the substances
    • A62D3/30—Processes for making harmful chemical substances harmless or less harmful, by effecting a chemical change in the substances by reacting with chemical agents
    • A62D3/32—Processes for making harmful chemical substances harmless or less harmful, by effecting a chemical change in the substances by reacting with chemical agents by treatment in molten chemical reagent, e.g. salts or metals
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01D—SEPARATION
    • B01D53/00—Separation of gases or vapours; Recovering vapours of volatile solvents from gases; Chemical or biological purification of waste gases, e.g. engine exhaust gases, smoke, fumes, flue gases, aerosols
    • B01D53/34—Chemical or biological purification of waste gases
    • B01D53/46—Removing components of defined structure
    • B01D53/68—Halogens or halogen compounds
    • B01D53/70—Organic halogen compounds
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A62—LIFE-SAVING; FIRE-FIGHTING
    • A62D—CHEMICAL MEANS FOR EXTINGUISHING FIRES OR FOR COMBATING OR PROTECTING AGAINST HARMFUL CHEMICAL AGENTS; CHEMICAL MATERIALS FOR USE IN BREATHING APPARATUS
    • A62D2101/00—Harmful chemical substances made harmless, or less harmful, by effecting chemical change
    • A62D2101/20—Organic substances
    • A62D2101/22—Organic substances containing halogen

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  • the present invention relates to a method for the destruction of halogen-containing, environmental harmful substances such as a halogen- carbon substance or dhlorenated organic substances, by converting said substances to substances that are not considered to be environmentally harmful.
  • the Swedish Patent Specification Nos. 7706876-5, 8103201-3, 8301159-3 and 8503571-5 teach processes for converting carbon to carbon gas, converting iron ore to crude iron or combinations thereof, these processes being characterized by introducing appropriate reactants into a bath of molten iron and causing the reactants to react at a temperature of 1400-1500°C, at which the reaction rate is high and conversion takes place quickly and with a high degree of conversion.
  • the present invention is based on the understanding of the reaction conditions which exist, for instance, in the process described in Swedish Patent Specification No. 8301159-3, i.e. the reaction between organic material, such as coal (carbon), peat, etc.
  • the iron bath is used to transfer heat, to dissolve a given part of the material introduced thereto, and to form salts, wherein a primary object of the invention is to destruct organic, environmentally harmful substances which are introduced into the iron bath to this end.
  • the inventive method enables environmentally harmful material to be destructed highly effectively and at relatively low costs, the resultant end products being unharmful to the environment and capable of being handled in a conventional manner.
  • the invention thus relates to a method for the destruction of a halogen-containing substance, such as a halocarbon substance or a chlorenated organic substance, by converting the substance to an environmentally harmless state.
  • the method is particularly characterized by causing the halogen- containing substance to react with molten iron and to form an iron salt or iron salts, by introducing said substance into the bath together with oxygen gas and/or an oxygen-containing material, and by causing the iron salt/salts to leave the bath in the form of a dust and gas flow.
  • the system of apparatus illustrated in the drawing includes a reactor vessel 1, an iron bath 2, an outlet aperture 3, and injection nozzles 4.
  • the nozzles 4 are mounted in the bottom of the reactor vessel 1 and function to inject oxygen gas 5 or the like, additional fuel 6, such as coal 6, and a halogen-containing substance or substances 7 into the molten bath.
  • the reference numeral 8 identifies reaction zones which extend up through the bath, while the reference numeral 9 identifies liquid slag on the surface of the bath.
  • the oxygen gas 5 forms an oxidant for oxidizing of the carbon contained in the substance or substances to be destroyed.
  • the oxidant may consist of same other oxygen- containing material, such as iron ore, or combinations of oxygen gas and some other oxygen-containing material. It is often preferred to introduce oxygen gas and/or oxygen-containing material into the bath in substantially stoichicroetric quantities in relation to the total amount of carbon introduced to the bath, this carbon being in the form of the carbon contained by the substance or substances delivered to the bath.
  • Supplementary fuel 6 is supplied when there is a need for additional energy.
  • the fuel 6 may consist of for instance coal in powder form and/or hydrocarbons, such as propane.
  • halogens in the halogen-containing substance react with iron in the iron bath to form iron halides, which can be dumped or converted to acids with, for instance, water in a later process stage and the acids handled in a conventional manner. Halogens in this state are no longer considered to be harmful to the environment.
  • Halocarbons often include chlorine (Cl), fluorine (F) or bromine (Br) in addition to carbon (C).
  • Cl chlorine
  • F fluorine
  • Br bromine
  • Iron salts and gas are formed when the halocarbons come into contact with an iron bath which is heated to a temperature of 1500°C.
  • the salts farmed are primarily FeCl 2 , FeBr 2 and FeF 3 .
  • the iron salts leave the iron bath 2 in a flow 10 of dust and gas.
  • the reaction products leave the iron bath and are cooled and separated, the products transform from a condensed state to a solid, particulate state.
  • Table 2 The state of the compounds at different temperature are set forth in Table 2 below.
  • oxygen gas and/or an oxygen-containing material is delivered to the dust and gas flow 10.
  • Another method is to gasify an appropriate fuel in the process, for instance powdered carbon, such as to supply energy. Same types of coal powder will, at the same time, release hydrogen gas which reacts with the halogens to form HBr, HCl and HF. More generally, the hydroge halides can be farmed by introducing hydrogen gas and/or hydrogen- containing material to the iron bath and/or to said dust and gas flow.
  • the illustrated system of apparatus includes a first gas conduit 11 through which the flew of dust and gas passes from the reactor 1 to a first wet so called scrubber 12, in which the gas/dust suspension is cooled and the dust extracted, and a second gas conduit 13 through which the dust and gas flow passes from the first scrubber 12 to a second wet scrubber 14, in which the suspension is cooled and dust extracted therefrom.
  • Liquid, primarily water, draining from the first scrubber 12 is collected in a separator 15, such as a lamellar separator 15, where particles are extracted from the liquid, and a settling device 16, such as a settling tank positioned downstream of the separator.
  • Liquid which drains from the second scrubber 14 is conducted to a cor ⁇ ditioning apparatus 17 which includes a tank in which the pH of the liquid is adjusted, in the illustrated case with sodium hydroxide, NaOH, before passing the liquid to the settling tank 16, to which calcium hydroxide Ca(OH) 2 may also be supplied.
  • a cor ⁇ ditioning apparatus 17 which includes a tank in which the pH of the liquid is adjusted, in the illustrated case with sodium hydroxide, NaOH, before passing the liquid to the settling tank 16, to which calcium hydroxide Ca(OH) 2 may also be supplied.
  • Clean gas is removed from the second wet scrubber 14 and, in accordance with the illustrated example, passes to a droplet separator 18 and a measuring station 19.
  • halogen-contaiiiing material halon 1301
  • a 10-tonne iron bath contained in a reactor vessel, together with 75 m 3 n oxygen.
  • oxygen gas was introduced in stoichiometric quantities through nozzles mounted in the reactor wall. Gasification of the carbon in the iron bath takes place through partial combustion of the carbon added, therewith forming carbon monoxide.
  • the material introduced had a short residence time in the bath ( ⁇ 1s), but was efffectively degraded due to the extremely good heat transfer achieved and due to the high average bath temperature, 1500°C (local temperature 2000-2300°C).
  • This process thus provides very good conditions for degrading or breaking-down organic material effectively and homogenously.
  • the inventive method will be understood essentially from the aforegoing.
  • the halogen-containing, environmentally harmful material concerned is converted to iron salt or iron salts in a high-temperatur iron bath having good heat transfer properties, whereafter the iron salt or salts leaving the bath are treated conventionally and released to atmosphere, recovered or dumped, said salt or salts being harmless to the environment.
  • halogen-containing, environmentally harmful waste can be handled very effectively and relatively simply by means of the inventive method.
  • the flow of dust and gas can be subsequently treated in a manner different to that illustrated in Figure 1.
  • the halogen-containing substance can be introduced into the iron bath by injecting the substance beneath the surface of the bath and/or by injecting the substance from above down onto the bath surface.
  • environmentally harmful substances present in the gas and dust flow are oxidized by delivering oxygen gas and/or oxygen-containing material to said flow.
  • the dust and gas flew is heated in an afterburner zone so as to ensure that no environmentally harmful substances remain after destruction.
  • the dust and gas flow is preferably heated by means of an oxygen-gas/gasol, plasma or the like.
  • Destruction can take place at atmospheric pressure or at a pressure above atmospheric.
  • the dust and gas flew is passed through a dry or a wet/dry gas cleaning process, where calcium compounds are used to absorb hydrogen halides.
  • a dry or a wet/dry gas cleaning process where calcium compounds are used to absorb hydrogen halides.

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Abstract

Procédé de destruction d'une substance (7) contenant de l'halogène, telle que des halocarbones ou des substances organiques chlorées, par conversion de la substance. Le procédé est essentiellement caractérisé par la réaction de la substance (7) contenant de l'halogène avec du fer fondu, de manière à former un sel de fer ou des sels de fer, par introduction de la substance dans un bain de fer avec du gaz oxygène (5) et/ou une matière (3) contenant de l'oxygène, dans laquelle on fait quitter le bain (2) au sel ou aux sels de fer dans un flux (10) de poussière et de gaz.Method for destroying a halogen-containing substance (7), such as halocarbons or chlorinated organic substances, by conversion of the substance. The process is essentially characterized by the reaction of the halogen-containing substance (7) with molten iron, so as to form an iron salt or iron salts, by introducing the substance into an iron bath with oxygen gas (5) and / or a material (3) containing oxygen, in which the bath (2) is made to leave salt or iron salts in a flow (10) of dust and gas.

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A Method for the Destruction of Halogen-Conteining Substances
The present invention relates to a method for the destruction of halogen-containing, environmental harmful substances such as a halogen- carbon substance or dhlorenated organic substances, by converting said substances to substances that are not considered to be environmentally harmful.
The occurrence of substances of the aforedescribed kind are today considered to constitute a serious problem to the environment and there is a great need for methods which will enable such substances to be destroyed. Examples of substances for which the method is intended are halocarbons in the form of CFC and halon and dhlorenated organic substances in the form of KB. These substances are exemplified more in detail later on. The method is also intended for the destruction of mixtures of halogen-containing, environmentally harmful substances of the type in question, wherein the method is intended for the destruction, for instance, of one or more types of halon and/or one or more types of CPC and/or one or more PCB-containing substances.
The Swedish Patent Specification Nos. 7706876-5, 8103201-3, 8301159-3 and 8503571-5 teach processes for converting carbon to carbon gas, converting iron ore to crude iron or combinations thereof, these processes being characterized by introducing appropriate reactants into a bath of molten iron and causing the reactants to react at a temperature of 1400-1500°C, at which the reaction rate is high and conversion takes place quickly and with a high degree of conversion. The present invention is based on the understanding of the reaction conditions which exist, for instance, in the process described in Swedish Patent Specification No. 8301159-3, i.e. the reaction between organic material, such as coal (carbon), peat, etc. delivered to the process and an oxidizing substance, such as oxygen gas, iron ore, etc., wherein the iron bath functions, among other things, as a heat transfer medium, solvent and oxide builder. Thus, according to the present invention, the iron bath is used to transfer heat, to dissolve a given part of the material introduced thereto, and to form salts, wherein a primary object of the invention is to destruct organic, environmentally harmful substances which are introduced into the iron bath to this end. The inventive method enables environmentally harmful material to be destructed highly effectively and at relatively low costs, the resultant end products being unharmful to the environment and capable of being handled in a conventional manner. The invention thus relates to a method for the destruction of a halogen-containing substance, such as a halocarbon substance or a chlorenated organic substance, by converting the substance to an environmentally harmless state. The method is particularly characterized by causing the halogen- containing substance to react with molten iron and to form an iron salt or iron salts, by introducing said substance into the bath together with oxygen gas and/or an oxygen-containing material, and by causing the iron salt/salts to leave the bath in the form of a dust and gas flow.
The invention will now be described in more detail with reference to an exemplifying embodiment thereof and with reference to the accompanying drawing, the single Figure of which illustrates schematically apparatus for carrying out the inventive method.
The system of apparatus illustrated in the drawing includes a reactor vessel 1, an iron bath 2, an outlet aperture 3, and injection nozzles 4. In the illustrated case, the nozzles 4 are mounted in the bottom of the reactor vessel 1 and function to inject oxygen gas 5 or the like, additional fuel 6, such as coal 6, and a halogen-containing substance or substances 7 into the molten bath. The reference numeral 8 identifies reaction zones which extend up through the bath, while the reference numeral 9 identifies liquid slag on the surface of the bath.
In the illustrated case, the oxygen gas 5 forms an oxidant for oxidizing of the carbon contained in the substance or substances to be destroyed. Naturally, the oxidant may consist of same other oxygen- containing material, such as iron ore, or combinations of oxygen gas and some other oxygen-containing material. It is often preferred to introduce oxygen gas and/or oxygen-containing material into the bath in substantially stoichicroetric quantities in relation to the total amount of carbon introduced to the bath, this carbon being in the form of the carbon contained by the substance or substances delivered to the bath. In certain applications, it is also possible to introduce hydrogen- containing material into the bath, such as certain kinds of carbon powder, hydrogen gas, water, etc., with the intention of forming hydrogen compounds, primarily acids. Supplementary fuel 6 is supplied when there is a need for additional energy. The fuel 6 may consist of for instance coal in powder form and/or hydrocarbons, such as propane.
The halogens in the halogen-containing substance, the "environmentally harmful" substance, react with iron in the iron bath to form iron halides, which can be dumped or converted to acids with, for instance, water in a later process stage and the acids handled in a conventional manner. Halogens in this state are no longer considered to be harmful to the environment.
Halocarbons often include chlorine (Cl), fluorine (F) or bromine (Br) in addition to carbon (C). The course taken by the reaction in the conversion of halocarbons can be described schematically with the general reaction (1)
Fe(1) + CXy(1/g) + 0.5 O2(g) = FeXy(s/1) + CO(g) (1) where (s), (1), (g) signify solid, liquid and gas phases respectively and CXy is a halocarbon. Examples of such are presented in Table 1. The course taken by the reactions with same of these compounds is given by the reactions (2) and (3).
6 CCI3F + 11 Fe + O2 = 6 CO + 9 FeCl2 + 2 FeF3 (2)
2 CBrF3 +3 Fe + O2 = 2 CO + FeBr2 + 2 FeF3 (3)
CO2 + C = 2 CO (4)
Iron salts and gas are formed when the halocarbons come into contact with an iron bath which is heated to a temperature of 1500°C. The salts farmed are primarily FeCl2, FeBr2 and FeF3. The iron salts leave the iron bath 2 in a flow 10 of dust and gas. During one process stage in which the reaction products leave the iron bath and are cooled and separated, the products transform from a condensed state to a solid, particulate state. The state of the compounds at different temperature are set forth in Table 2 below.
The formation of iron salts has been confirmed by experiments carried out in an iron bath in which halon 1301 was injected into the bath. The bromine and fluorine salts left the bath and were separated in dust form.
Same of the compounds to be destructed failed to generate sufficient heat for the method to be autogeneous. Because the reaction (4) is displaced pronouncedly to the right under the conditions prevailing in the iron bath, it is not possible to obtain all energy to be delivered to the iron bath in order to compensate for endothermic reactions, enthalpy in waste gas and reaction losses, by oxidation of the carbon, C, present to carbon monoxide, CO. The process can be compensated for energy-demanding reactions in a number of ways. One method is to combust the carbon monoxide above the bath surface with oxygen gas or some other oxidant and thereby generate sufficient heat in the reactor, this heat thus cooperating to cover the amount of destruction energy required. In this case, oxygen gas and/or an oxygen-containing material is delivered to the dust and gas flow 10. Another method is to gasify an appropriate fuel in the process, for instance powdered carbon, such as to supply energy. Same types of coal powder will, at the same time, release hydrogen gas which reacts with the halogens to form HBr, HCl and HF. More generally, the hydroge halides can be farmed by introducing hydrogen gas and/or hydrogen- containing material to the iron bath and/or to said dust and gas flow.
The illustrated system of apparatus includes a first gas conduit 11 through which the flew of dust and gas passes from the reactor 1 to a first wet so called scrubber 12, in which the gas/dust suspension is cooled and the dust extracted, and a second gas conduit 13 through which the dust and gas flow passes from the first scrubber 12 to a second wet scrubber 14, in which the suspension is cooled and dust extracted therefrom. Liquid, primarily water, draining from the first scrubber 12 is collected in a separator 15, such as a lamellar separator 15, where particles are extracted from the liquid, and a settling device 16, such as a settling tank positioned downstream of the separator. Liquid which drains from the second scrubber 14 is conducted to a corιditioning apparatus 17 which includes a tank in which the pH of the liquid is adjusted, in the illustrated case with sodium hydroxide, NaOH, before passing the liquid to the settling tank 16, to which calcium hydroxide Ca(OH)2 may also be supplied.
Calcium halides and clean water can be removed from the tank 16.
Clean gas is removed from the second wet scrubber 14 and, in accordance with the illustrated example, passes to a droplet separator 18 and a measuring station 19.
The destruction of a halogen-containing organic material is described below by way of example.
One tonne of halogen-contaiiiing material, halon 1301, was injected each hour into a 10-tonne iron bath contained in a reactor vessel, together with 75 m3n oxygen. In order to prevent the accumulation of carbon in the iron bath, oxygen gas was introduced in stoichiometric quantities through nozzles mounted in the reactor wall. Gasification of the carbon in the iron bath takes place through partial combustion of the carbon added, therewith forming carbon monoxide. The material introduced had a short residence time in the bath (<1s), but was efffectively degraded due to the extremely good heat transfer achieved and due to the high average bath temperature, 1500°C (local temperature 2000-2300°C). 726 kg FeBr2, 759 kg FeF3 and 150 m3n CO were formed. After leaving the iron bath, the dust and gas passed through a gas conduit prior to cooling and dust-extraction in a wet scrubber. The teiφerature of the gas entering the gas scrubber was about 1200°C and the total residence time of the gas and dust in the system upstream of the scrubber was from 2-5 seconds, depending on gas flow and pressure.
This process thus provides very good conditions for degrading or breaking-down organic material effectively and homogenously.
The inventive method will be understood essentially from the aforegoing. Thus, the halogen-containing, environmentally harmful material concerned is converted to iron salt or iron salts in a high-temperatur iron bath having good heat transfer properties, whereafter the iron salt or salts leaving the bath are treated conventionally and released to atmosphere, recovered or dumped, said salt or salts being harmless to the environment. As will be understood from the aforegoing, halogen-containing, environmentally harmful waste can be handled very effectively and relatively simply by means of the inventive method.
Although the invention has been described in the aforegoing with reference to an exemplifying embodiment thereof, it will be understood that other embodiments and minor changes are conceivable, without departing from the concept of the invention.
It will also be understood from the aforegoing that the flow of dust and gas can be subsequently treated in a manner different to that illustrated in Figure 1. The halogen-containing substance can be introduced into the iron bath by injecting the substance beneath the surface of the bath and/or by injecting the substance from above down onto the bath surface. According to one embodiment, environmentally harmful substances present in the gas and dust flow are oxidized by delivering oxygen gas and/or oxygen-containing material to said flow.
According to another embodiment, the dust and gas flew is heated in an afterburner zone so as to ensure that no environmentally harmful substances remain after destruction. The dust and gas flow is preferably heated by means of an oxygen-gas/gasol, plasma or the like.
Destruction can take place at atmospheric pressure or at a pressure above atmospheric.
According to one embodiment sometimes preferred, the dust and gas flew is passed through a dry or a wet/dry gas cleaning process, where calcium compounds are used to absorb hydrogen halides. The invention is thus not restricted to the aforedescribed embodiments, since modifications are possible within the scope of the following Claims.

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1. A method for the destruction of a halogen-containing substance, such as a halocarbon substance or a chlorenated organic substance, by conversion of said substance, characteriz ed by reacting the halogen-containing substance (7) with molten iron to form iron salt or salts by introducing said substance to a molten iron bath together with oxygen gas (5) and/or oxygen-containing material (3), said iron salt or salts leaving the bath (2) in a dust and gas flow (10).
2. A method according to Claim 1, characteriz ed by introducing oxygen gas and/or oxygen-containing material in substantially stoiehicmetric quantities.
3. A method according to Claim 1 or 2, ch a r a c t e r i z e d bry injecting the halogen-containing substance (7) into the bath (2) beneath the top surface thereof and/or from above onto the top surface of said bath.
4. A method according to Claim 1, 2 or 3, c h a r a c t e r i z e d by introducing oxygen gas and/or oxygen-conteining material into said gas and dust flew with the intention of generating heat to assist in covering the amount of energy required for the destruction process.
5. A method according to Claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, ch a r a c t e r i z e d by introducing hydrogen gas and/or hydrogen- containing material to the iron bath and/or to said dust and gas flow for the purpose of farming hydrogen halides.
6. A method according to Claim 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, char a c t er i z e d by supplying and combusting carton or carbonacecus material, such as hydrocarbons, such as to supply heat to the iron bath.
7. A method according to Claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6, character i z ed by gasifying fuel, such as powdered coal, in the iron bath in order to supply energy thereto.
8. A method acxording to Claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7,
character i z ed by oxidizing environmentally harmful substances in the dust and gas flow by supplying oxygen gas and/or oxygen-containing material.
9. A method according to Claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8,
character i zed by heating the dust and gas flow in an afterburner zone, thereby ensuring that no environmentally harmful substances remain after the destruction process.
10. A method according to Claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9, characteri z ed by carrying out the process of destruction at a pressure above atmospheric pressure.
11. A method according to any one of the preceding Claims,
character i z ed in that the halogen-containing substance is one or more types of halon and/or one or more types of CFC and/or one or more PCB-containing substances.
12. A method according to any one of the preceding Claims,
character i z ed by passing the dust and gas flow exiting from the bath through at least one so-called wet scrubber in which cooling and dust extraction take place.
13. A method according to airy one of the preceding Claims,
character i z ed by passing the dust and gas flow leaving the bath through a dry or wet/dry gas cleaning stage, in which calcium compounds are added with the intention of absorbing hydrogen halides.
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