EP0635586A1 - Procédé de régénération d'acide chlorhydrique à partir d'installations de décapage - Google Patents

Procédé de régénération d'acide chlorhydrique à partir d'installations de décapage Download PDF

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EP0635586A1
EP0635586A1 EP94110417A EP94110417A EP0635586A1 EP 0635586 A1 EP0635586 A1 EP 0635586A1 EP 94110417 A EP94110417 A EP 94110417A EP 94110417 A EP94110417 A EP 94110417A EP 0635586 A1 EP0635586 A1 EP 0635586A1
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Dietfried Gamsriegler
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C23—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
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    • C23G1/00—Cleaning or pickling metallic material with solutions or molten salts
    • C23G1/36—Regeneration of waste pickling liquors
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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  • the invention relates to a process for the regeneration of hydrochloric acid from pickling plants, comprising the thermal cleavage of iron chloride in the used pickling acid to iron oxide and gaseous hydrochloric acid.
  • Pickling is an indispensable process step in metallurgical process engineering for the production of steel products. Hydrochloric acid and sulfuric acid, as well as other acids and acid mixtures, are particularly suitable as the pickling medium. Due to various circumstances, partly due to the achievable quality of the end products and partly due to the fact that it can be completely regenerated, pickling with hydrochloric acid or mixtures containing it has become increasingly popular over the past 30 years. The effect of the acid is to dissolve the layers of scale that form on the steel surface through previous processes such as rolling, annealing, etc. This happens after the following chemical reaction: (1) FeO + 2 HCl ⁇ FeCl2 + H2O The pickling process therefore consumes acid (HCl) to a point where the solution is saturated with iron chloride and can no longer be used for pickling.
  • acid HCl
  • These pollutants include the compounds NO and NO2 (collectively referred to as nitrogen oxides, NO x ), which on the one hand can form from the atmospheric nitrogen through the combustion process, on the other hand can form nitrogen compounds added from the pickling bath, such as inhibitors.
  • NO x nitrogen oxides
  • Another pollutant is chlorine, which is formed in the form of elemental chlorine (Cl2) in the above processes by oxidation of HCl according to the so-called Deacon equilibrium: (3) 2 HCl + 0.5 O2 ⁇ Cl2 + H2O
  • the equilibrium constants of this homogeneous gas reaction are well known and are, for example, at Temperature (K) log Kp 500 0.9 600 -0.7 700 -1.9 800 -2.8
  • These amounts of chlorine can vary depending on the conditions, the excess of oxygen being a particular influencing factor, since it often has to be kept high in order to achieve a certain oxide quality or for fluidization.
  • the chlorine once formed can only be removed from the exhaust gases with difficulty, but this is unavoidable, since, for example, the TA air only allows a content of 5 mg / m3.
  • laundry is part of the chlorine reduction State of the art with sodium thiosulfate: (4) Na2S2O3 + 4 Cl2 + 5 H2O ⁇ 2 NaHSO4 + 8 HCl
  • this type of chlorine removal requires expensive gas scrubbers and a corresponding consumption of chemicals. Waste water to be disposed of also arises.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a method of the type mentioned in the introduction, in which the occurrence of the pollutants mentioned can be avoided in a simple and inexpensive manner in the recovery of hydrochloric acid from used pickling solutions.
  • At least one compound which contains nitrogen with a low oxidation number for example ammonium compounds, ammonia, urea or amides, is admixed with the spent pickling acid.
  • the pollutants NO x and chlorine are oxidizing in relation to the added substances, so that they react in the following way, for example: (5) 3 NO + 2 NH3 ⁇ 2.5 N2 + 3 H2O (5a) 3 NO2 + 4 NH3 ⁇ 3.5 N2 + 6 H2O (6) 3 Cl2 + 2 NH3 ⁇ 6 HCl + N2
  • reaction (5) part of the reactor and the iron oxide in it take on the function of a catalytic converter.
  • the spent pickling acid together with at least one compound which contains nitrogen with a low oxidation number is fed into a venturi scrubber and then in a reactor, preferably in a Spray roasting reactor, is thermally split.
  • a reactor preferably in a Spray roasting reactor
  • the exhaust gas originating from the thermal decomposition is subjected to a wash, preferably with rinsing water from a rinsing system connected downstream of a pickling system, whereby the pollutant values in the exhaust gas can be reduced further.
  • FIG. 1 and 2 show schematically exemplary plants for carrying out the method according to the invention using a spray roasting reactor.
  • the spent pickling acid is introduced into a venturi scrubber 2 via a line 1.
  • the gases coming from the reactor 3, for example a spray roasting reactor, are fed into the venturi scrubber 2 via a line 4.
  • the aqueous solution from the venturi scrubber 2 is passed through the pump 6 via a line 5 to the spray device 7 of the reactor 3, to which gas and air for combustion and oxidation are fed via a line 8.
  • the oxide formed by the spray roasting process is via a line 9, preferably withdrawn from the reactor 3 by means of a rotary valve, not shown.
  • the exhaust gas from the reactor 3 is subsequently fed to a first column 10 and via line 23 to a second column 11 for further purification.
  • Both columns 10, 11 are preferably supplied with water, to which chemicals can optionally be added to support the cleaning action, via lines 13 and the residual liquid is removed via lines 25.
  • the compound or the mixture of compounds containing nitrogen with a low oxidation number is fed into the supply line 1 for the used pickling acid to the venturi scrubber 2 via a line 16. It applies to the amount of nitrogen-containing compound (s) supplied that it must be admixed at least in a stoichiometric ratio to the pollutants contained, the lower the pollutant content in the exhaust gas, the greater the excess of the nitrogen-containing compound or the mixture thereof is. Depending on the initial values, at least five times, but preferably at least ten times, the amount is added instead of the stoichiometrically necessary amount for chlorine. For nitrogen oxides, the minimum addition amounts are twice, preferably three times, the stoichiometrically necessary amounts.
  • FIG. 2 is constructed similarly to that of FIG. 1, but no second column is provided.
  • a rinsing system 18 and the previous pickling system 19 are shown.
  • the rinsing system 18 is supplied with fresh water via a line 13, while its wastewater - with the residual content of pickling acid contained therein - is fed to the scrubber 12 via the line 20.
  • the nitrogen-containing compound or the mixture of such compounds is mixed with the water from the rinsing system 18 via a further line 17.
  • the cleaned exhaust gas is finally released into the atmosphere via a chimney 15.
  • the solution emerging from the first column 10 and containing the hydrochloric acid formed during the thermal cleavage is fed via line 21 to the pickling plant 19.
  • the pickling acid used in this process variant can also be mixed directly via line 16 with at least one compound containing nitrogen with a low oxidation number before the pickling acid enters the venturi scrubber 2.
  • the feed rate of the venturi washer was 16 l / h and that of the spray roasting reactor was 10 l / h.
  • the temperature in the burner level is 645 ° C and in the upper area of the reactor 389 ° C.
  • the gas volume was 2.8 m3 / h, the air volume 28 m3 / h and the O2 content 5% (based on dry volume).
  • the NO x content was measured and the average was 180 ppm, consisting of 150 ppm NO and 30 ppm NO2. This corresponds to a total of 2.5 kg NO / h.

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