GB1584101A - Heat-exchange process using molten salt mixture - Google Patents

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GB1584101A
GB1584101A GB19082/77A GB1908277A GB1584101A GB 1584101 A GB1584101 A GB 1584101A GB 19082/77 A GB19082/77 A GB 19082/77A GB 1908277 A GB1908277 A GB 1908277A GB 1584101 A GB1584101 A GB 1584101A
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(54) HEAT-EXCHANGE PROCESS USING MOLTEN SALT MIXTURE (710 We IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED. Imperial House. Millbank, London SW I P 3JF a British Company do hereby declare the invention, for which we pray that a patent may be granted to us. and the method bv which it is to be performed, to be particularly described in and bv the fottowing statement : This invention relates to a heat exchange process emp) oying a motten satt mixture.
The use of molten salt mixtures as a heat exchange medium is known. For example. it is known to use a molten mixture of sodium nitrate, potassium nitrate and sodium nitrite as a heat exchange medium to transfer heat across a barrier in a heat exchange plant between the molten salt mixture and another material. Whilst the molten silt mixtures which have been used hitherto in gênera) work satisfactorilv at their recommended temperatures of operation and do not decompose at an unacceptahly high rate thcse latter temperatures are in gênera) rather tow. For example, the recommended temperature of operation of the salt mixture specifically described above is in the range 14O C to 540 C, preferably 300 C to 450 C. When salt mixtures are used as a heat exchange medium at a temperature above the recommended operating temperature range for the particular mixture the mixture may recompose at an increased rate anti at a rate which is commercially unacceptable. In addition the use of temperatures above the recommended operating temperature range may lead to an excessive attack by the molten salt mixture on the materials of construction of the heat exchange plant.
There is a commerciV need for a molten salt mixture which may be used in il heat exchange process at temperatures above those at which salt mixtures are currently used.
We have now found a molten salt mixture which may be used in a heat exchange process at temperatures above the operating temperatures in generat recommended for the currentlv used salt mixtures. Furthermore, the moltcn salt mixture used in the process does not suffer excessive degradation at the elevated temperatures of operation.
The present invention provides a heat exchange process in which heat is transferred from a first material on one side of a barrier in a heat exchange plant to a second material on the other side of said barrier, in wtuch one of said mateha) s is a moites sllt mixture comprisine a mixture of lithium carbonate and sodium carbonate and/or potassium carbonate, the mixture having a metting point (as hereinafter defined) in the range 405 C to 700 C.
We define the meeting point as that temperature at which a solid phase begins to freeze out from the mottez mixture of salts when the motten mixture is cooled. The precise meeting temperature will depend on the composition of the salt mixture and. unless the salt mixture is a eutCctic, solid will freeze out from the salt mixture over a range of temperature.
However. the meeting point is taken as the temperature at which solid begins to freeze out.
In the case of a eatectic mixture the whole molten salt mixture will freeze at the melting point.
The temperature at which the heat exchange process of the invention may be operated. and in particular the minimum temperature, will be determined by the melting point of the sait mixture. Clearly, the minimum temperature of operation will be above the melting point of the salt mixture. The melting point of the salt mixture is conveniently at least 20 C. and preferably. at least 50 C below the minimum temperature at which it is desired to operate the heat exchange process. Thus, in the process the temperature of the molten salit mixture is desirabty at least 20 C above the melting point of the silt mixture. and is preferably at least 50 C above the melting point of the salt mixture. When a minimum operating temperature of 500 C is desired the metting point of the salt mixture is conveniently no greater than 480 C. and is preferably no greater than 450 C.
In general the heat exchange process of the present invention may be operated over a temperature range from a minimum determined by the melting point of the salt mixture. which is in the range 4 () 5"C to 700 C. but desirabtyfrom a temperature at least 20 C above the melting point of the salt mixture, up to a maximum which may be as high as 950 C or even 1000 C.
The melting point of the salt mixture is determined by the composition of the mixture.
The salt mixture contains lithium carbonate and in general the greater the proportion of lithium carbonate in the mixture the lower will he the melting point of the mixture. For example, mixtures of sodium and potassium carbonates in a constant proportion hy weight of potassium carbonate : sodium carbonate of 1. 3: 1 and containing respectively 8. 11.15 and 25% by weight of lithium carbonate have melting points of. respectively. 620 C. 600 C.
535 C and 436 C. We prefer to use in the process of the invention a moiten sa ! t mixture containing at ieast if6 by weight of Hthium carbonate, and the use of a mixture containing at Icast 15% by weight of lithium carbonate is more preferred.
Salt mixtures containing lithium carbonate and a mixture of sodium and potassium carbonates generally have meltine points lower than salt mixtures containing the same amount of lithium carbonate and only one of the carbonates of sodium or potassium, and the former mixtures are preferred. For example a salt mixture containing 6% by weight of lithium carbonate, 41% by weight of sodium carbonate and 536 bv weight of potassium carbonate has a melting point of 624 C whereas salt mixtures containing 6% bv weight of lithium carbonate and the remainder being either sodium or potassium carbonates have melting points of respectively 803 C and 795 C. The use of these latter two salts mixturcs is thus outside the scope of the present invention. In order that the melting point of the salut mixture used in the process of the invention should not be unduly hieh it is preferred to use a silt mixture containing at least 10% by weight of both sodium and potassium carbonates, and more preferahlv at least 20% by weight of both sodium and potassium carbonates.
Suitablc salt mixtures for use in the heat exchange process of the invention, and in particular salt mixtures haviez anv desired meiting point within the range 405 C to 700 C. may be chosen by means of simple experiment. By way of example some salt mixtures having differing melting points will be mentioned as follows : Li2CO3 Na2CO3 K2CO3 melting weight % weight % weight % point C 5 42 53 651 8 40 52 620 10 40 50 596 37 37 in5 20 35 45 485 3 () 31 4 32 3 I) 38 405 The last of these salt mixturcs is a eutectic mixture.
The salt mixture for use in the process may contain components other than lithium carbonate and sodium carbonate and/or potassium carbonate but it is desirable that any other components which may be present m the mixture should he kept to a minimum. In particu) ar we prefer that the molten salt mixture consists of lithium carhonate and sodium carbonate and/or potassium carbonate in an amount in total of at least 95% by weight of the salt mixture. For exemple, anv metal halide. e. g. alkafi metal chloride, vhich mav he present in the mixture, for example as an impurity in one or more of the carbonates used to make up the salt mixture, is desirably present in an amount of not more than 3% by weight of the total salt mixture otherwise use of the salt mixture may lead to undesirably corrosion in the heat treatment plant. Metal halide if present preferably forms less than 1% by weight of the total salt mixturc. For similar reasons anv mctal sulphate which mav be present is preferabty present in an amont of not more than 1% by weight of the total salt mixture. It is also desirable to exclude moisture from the salt mixture and it is preferred to keep the water content of the mixture below 2% by weight of the total salt mixture.
The salt mixtures hereinbefore described may be used in heat exchange plant in which molten silt mixtures are conventionally used. The heat exchange plant may be. for example, a tube and shell plant comprising a bundle of tubes inside a shell, e.g. inside a cylindrical shell. it may comprise double pipes. that is one pipe positioned in another pipe. or it may comprise a plurality of spaced plates. The barriers across which heat is transferred are provided in the aforementioned types of plant by the walls of the tubes in the tube and shell plant, by the wall of the inner pipe in thé double pipe type of plant, and by the plates in the spaced plate type of plant.
The molten salt may function to transfer heat to or remove heat from the other material in the heat exchange plant. This other material may be a fluid, for example a liquid or a gas, including a liquid or gas having solid material dispersed therein.
The material from which the heat exchange plant is constructed will be selected bearing in mind the nature of the molten salt mixture and the temperature of operation of the heat exchange process, and bearing in mind the nature of the material from which, or to which, heat is transferred by the molten salt mixture. Suitable materials may include mild steel, chromium or nickel/chromium steels, and cast nickelichromium alloys. The barrier across which heat is transferred may be a composite of two different materials one of which is resistant to corrosion by the molten salt mixture and the other of which is resistant to corrosion hy the material from which. or to which, heat is transferred.
In a further embodiment of the present invention we provide a heat exchange plant containing a molten salt mixture as hereinbefore described.

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  1. WHAT WE CLAIM IS : 1. A heat exchange process in which heat is transferred from a first material on one side of a barrier in a heat exchange plant to a second material on the other side of said barrier, in which one of the said materials is a molten s, ilt mixture comprising a mixture of lithium carbonate and sodium carbonate and/or potassium carbonate, the mixture having a melting point (as hereinbefore defined) in the range 405 C to 700 C.
    2. A heat exchange process as claimed in Oaim) in which the temperature of the molten salt mixture is at least 20 C above the meeting point of the salt mixture.
    3. A heat exchange process as claimed in Claim 2 in which the temperature of the molten salt mixture is at least 50 C above the melting point of the salt mixture.
    4. A heat exchange process as claimed in any one of Claims I to 3 in which the temperature of the molten salt mixture is not greater than 1000 C.
    5. A heat exchange process as claimed in any one of Claims I to 4 in which the molten salit mixture contains at least 5% by weight of lithium carbonate.
    6.. R heat exchange process as claimed in Claim 5 in which the mottez salt mixture contains at least l' bv weight of hthium carbonate.
    7. A heat exchange process as claimed in any one of Claims I to 6 in which the molten , alt mitture contains at least 10% by weight of sodium carbonate and at least 10% by weight of potassium carbonate.
    A A heat exchange process as claimed in any one of Claims I to 7 in which the molten salt mixture contains from 5% to 32% by weight of lithium carbonate, from 30% to 42% by weight of sodium carbonate, and from 38% to 53% by weight of potassium carbonate.
    '). A heat exchange process as claimed in Claim S in which the motten satt mixture contains 32% by weight of lithium carbonate. 30% by weight of sodium carbonate, and 38% by weight of potassium carbonate.
    10. A heat exchange process as claimed in any one of Claims) to S in which the motten salt mixture consists of lithium carbonate and sodium carbonate and/or potassium carbonate in an amount in total of at least 95% by weight of the salt mixture.
    11. A heat exchange plant containing a molten salt mixture which mixture comprises lithium carbonate and sodium carbonate and/or potassium carbonate, the mixture having a melting point in the range 405 C to 700 C.
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