JP2006297233A - Plasma melting furnace and plasma melting method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a plasma melting furnace and a plasma melting method suppressing abrupt evaporation and pyrolysis by charging a treating object in the plasma melting furnace. <P>SOLUTION: A charging chamber 3 charged with a treating object 2, a first preheating chamber 4 preheating the treating object 2 sent from the charging chamber 3 to 100°C or less, and a second preheating chamber 5 preheating the treating object 2 preheated in the first preheating chamber 4 to 600°C or less and leading to the plasma melting furnace, are continuously disposed in this order. Openable/closable gates 6, 7 and 8 are disposed at the respective boundaries of the charging chamber 3, first preheating chamber 4, second preheating chamber 5 and plasma melting furnace 1. In the gate 7 at the boundary between the first and second preheating chambers 4 and 5, a gap 7a is formed to send out generated gas, and a gap 8a is formed in the gate 8 at the boundary between the second preheating chamber 5 and melting furnace to send out generated gas, and openings of the gates are adjustable. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a plasma melting cracking furnace and a plasma melting cracking method for subjecting a processing object including a volatile combustible to a plasma melting cracking process.

  When processing objects such as general waste, medical waste and other industrial waste, PCB oil, and PCB contaminants are put into a plasma melting furnace using plasma as a heat source, the synergistic effect of the plasma arc and molten slag bath Efficient plasma melting and decomposition treatment. In addition, the plasma melting processing method of a waste is disclosed by patent document 1, 2, for example.

As the plasma melting and decomposing process, there is a method in which an object to be processed is sealed in a container such as a drum can and the entire container is put into a plasma melting and decomposing furnace. The upper part of the processing object that has been thrown in is melted and decomposed by direct plasma irradiation. The lower part of the processing object is immersed in molten slag and melted and decomposed at a high temperature of 1400 ° C. or higher. In the plasma melting cracking furnace, the combustible component in the object to be treated is completely decomposed to CO ₂ and H ₂ O, and the incombustible material becomes slag. The exhaust gas is cooled down to 200 ° C. by water spraying in a temperature reducing tower, and slaked lime is blown through a bag filter to remove HCl and SOX. Thereafter, ammonia is blown in the catalytic reaction tower to remove NOx. The re-synthesized dioxins are adsorbed and removed by blowing powdered activated carbon with a bag filter, and decomposed and removed by a catalyst such as catalytic reaction. The molten slag is discharged from the plasma melting cracking furnace and recycled or finally disposed.
JP 2000-288510 A JP 2004-121801 A

  When a processing object containing a highly volatile combustible material is put into a plasma melting decomposition furnace, rapid volatilization and thermal decomposition occur in the furnace, and the amount of gas temporarily increases. As a result, a sufficient decomposition time cannot be obtained and the processing object leaks to the subsequent stage without being completely decomposed. Further, since the load fluctuation of the gas amount becomes very large, there is a problem that the capacity of the exhaust treatment facility becomes large and the followability of control needs to be enhanced.

  Therefore, the present invention provides a plasma melting and cracking furnace and a plasma melting and cracking method that suppress rapid volatilization and thermal decomposition due to the introduction of an object to be processed in the plasma melting and cracking furnace.

  The waste plasma melting cracking furnace of the present invention includes a charging chamber for charging a processing object, a first preheating chamber for preheating the processing object sent from the charging chamber to 100 ° C. or less, and a first preheating. A second preheating chamber that preheats the processing object preheated in the chamber to 600 ° C. or less and leads to the plasma melting cracking furnace is sequentially arranged in sequence, and the charging chamber, the first preheating chamber, the second preheating chamber, the plasma Gates that can be opened and closed are arranged at the respective boundaries of the melting cracking furnace, and the gates at the boundaries between the first preheating chamber and the second preheating chamber are formed with gas outflow gaps through which the generated gas flows out, The gate at the boundary of the plasma melting cracking furnace forms a gas outflow gap through which the generated gas flows out, and the opening degree is adjustable.

  Further, the method for plasma melting and decomposing waste according to the present invention is the method for plasma melting and decomposing a processing object in the plasma melting and decomposing furnace. The processing object preheated in the preheating chamber is preheated to 600 ° C. or lower while adjusting the opening of the gate at the boundary between the second preheating chamber and the plasma melting cracking furnace, and the processing object preheated in the second preheating chamber is plasma-treated. It is characterized in that it is put into a melting and decomposing furnace and plasma melting and decomposing.

  The present invention provides a preheating chamber using radiant heat as a heat source in front of a plasma melting cracking furnace to which an object to be treated is charged, thereby suppressing the gasification rate of highly volatile combustibles and processing in the plasma melting cracking furnace. Rapid volatilization and thermal decomposition of the object are suppressed, and leakage of undecomposed gas to the subsequent stage is eliminated.

  In addition, rapid volatilization and thermal decomposition immediately after the treatment object is charged can be suppressed, the load on the exhaust gas treatment facility can be reduced, the equipment capacity can be reduced, and the load fluctuation range of the exhaust gas amount can be reduced, so that the overall facility can be controlled. Will improve.

  Further, in the present invention, the atmosphere temperature can be changed by dividing the preheating chamber into two and the volatilization target can be limited, and the second preheating chamber has a room temperature depending on the opening degree and opening speed of the preheating gate. Can control.

  Further, since the gas outflow gap is formed without completely partitioning the preheating chamber gate, the generated gas flows into the plasma melting cracking furnace without detention and is rendered harmless.

  FIG. 1 is a view showing a process of inserting an insert in the plasma melting cracking furnace of the present invention.

  In FIG. 1 (a), a plasma melting decomposition furnace 1 includes a plasma torch 1a, and is connected to an exhaust duct 1b for discharging exhaust gas generated in the furnace.

  A preheating chamber consisting of a first preheating chamber 4 and a second preheating chamber 5 is arranged between the plasma melting decomposition furnace 1 and a charging chamber 3 in which the processing object 2 is charged, and the processing object is preheated. The first preheating chamber 4 is connected to an exhaust gas introduction duct 4a for introducing exhaust gas from the plasma melting cracking furnace 1. The exhaust gas in the exhaust gas introduction duct 4a is adjusted to a predetermined temperature by detecting the temperature of the object to be processed with a radiation thermometer and being appropriately heated or cooled by a temperature indicating controller TIC.

  At the boundaries of the charging chamber 3, the first preheating chamber 4, the second preheating chamber 5, and the plasma melting cracking furnace 1, a charging gate 6, a first preheating chamber gate 7, and a second chamber preheating gate 8 that are opened and closed by vertical movement. Is arranged. The first preheating chamber gate 7 between the first preheating chamber 4 and the second preheating chamber 5 and the second preheating chamber gate 8 between the second preheating chamber 5 and the plasma melting cracking furnace 1 are the walls and floor of the preliminary chamber. Gas outflow gaps 7a and 8a are formed through which gas flows out without completely partitioning the gap. By forming the gas outflow gaps 7a and 8a, the generated gas flows into the plasma melting cracking furnace 1 without detention and is rendered harmless.

  The charging chamber 3 is provided with a pusher 9 for moving the object to be processed from the charging chamber 3 to the plasma melting decomposition furnace 1. The floors of the charging chamber 3 and the preheating chambers 4 and 5 can be moved by their own weight by making the floors oblique.

  Next, the operation method of the plasma melting cracking furnace of this invention is demonstrated.

  As shown in FIG. 1A, a processing object 2 such as PCB sealed in a container such as a drum can is set in the charging chamber 3.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 1 (b), the charging gate 6 between the charging chamber 3 and the first preheating chamber 4 is opened, and the processing object 2 is pushed out to the first preheating chamber 4 by the pusher 9. close.

  The processing object 2 placed in the first preheating chamber 4 has a processing object in the first preheating chamber 4 of 100 ° C. or less by radiant heat of plasma arc or slag bath, introduction of cooling air or circulating exhaust gas or a burner, Gasify highly volatile components such as water, hexane and kerosene while controlling the volatilization rate and thermal decomposition rate. The generated gas flows into the second preheating chamber 5 through the gas outflow gap 7a of the first preheating chamber gate 7, and from the second preheating chamber 5 through the gas outflow gap 8a of the second preheating chamber gate 8, plasma melting. Since it flows to the cracking furnace 1, it does not stay.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 1 (c), the first preheating chamber gate 7 between the first preheating chamber 4 and the second preheating chamber 5 is opened, and the processing object 2 is pushed out by the pusher 9 to the second preheating chamber 5. The first preheating chamber gate 7 is closed. The second preheating chamber is controlled to 600 ° C. or lower to volatilize combustibles such as heavy oil components and plastics.

  The second preheating chamber gate 8 between the second preheating chamber 5 and the plasma melting cracking furnace 1 does not completely partition the plasma melting cracking furnace 1 and the second preheating chamber 5, and the generated gas does not stay. The gas flows through the gas outflow gap 8a of the second preheating chamber gate 8 to the plasma melting cracking furnace 1 and is completely decomposed and rendered harmless.

  As shown in FIG. 1 (d), the temperature of the second preheating chamber 5 can be controlled by adjusting the opening degree of the second preheating chamber gate 8.

  FIG. 2 is a graph showing the relationship between the opening degree of the second preheating chamber gate and the heating rate, and is an example of the slag bath temperature of 1400 ° C., the dimension width of the second preheating chamber gate 8 of 1000 mm, the height of 1000 mm, and the input drum can 150 kg. .

  The opening degree of the second preheating chamber gate 8 and the amount of radiation from the slag bath are considered to be directly proportional to each other as shown in FIG. 2A, but actually, as shown in FIG. Therefore, it is possible to easily control the temperature rise of the processing object 2 by adjusting the opening degree of the second preheating chamber gate 8.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 1 (e), the second preheating chamber gate 8 is opened, and the processing object 2 remaining in the second gate preheating chamber 5 is dropped into the slag bath 1c of the plasma melting decomposition furnace 3 and melted. .

It is a figure which shows the injection | throwing-in process of the insert in the plasma melting cracking furnace of this invention. It is a graph which shows the relationship between the opening degree of a 2nd preheating chamber gate, and a temperature increase rate.

Explanation of symbols

1: Plasma melting cracking furnace 1a: Plasma torch 1b: Exhaust duct 1c: Slag bath 2: Object to be treated 3: Charge chamber 4: First preheating chamber 4a: Exhaust gas introduction duct 5: Second preheating chamber 6: Input gate 7 : First preheating chamber gate 7a: Gas outflow gap 8: Second chamber preheating 8a: Gas outflow gap 9: Pusher

Claims (5)

  The charging chamber for charging the processing object, the first preheating chamber for preheating the processing object sent from the charging chamber to 100 ° C. or less, and the processing object preheated in the first preheating chamber for 600 ° C. or less The second preheating chamber that is preheated to the inside of the plasma melting cracking furnace is sequentially arranged in sequence, and a gate that can be opened and closed at each boundary of the charging chamber, the first preheating chamber, the second preheating chamber, and the plasma melting cracking furnace Is formed, a gas outflow gap through which the generated gas flows out is formed at the gate at the boundary between the first preheating chamber and the second preheating chamber, and the generated gas at the boundary between the second preheating chamber and the plasma melting cracking furnace A waste plasma melting and decomposing furnace characterized in that a gas outflow gap through which gas flows out is formed and the opening degree is adjustable.   The waste plasma melting and decomposing furnace according to claim 1, wherein an exhaust gas introducing duct into which the exhaust gas from the plasma melting and decomposing furnace is introduced is connected to the first preheating chamber.   3. The waste plasma melting and decomposing furnace according to claim 2, wherein a heating burner for heating the exhaust gas is provided in the exhaust gas introduction duct of the first preheating chamber.   The method for plasma melting and decomposing a processing object in the plasma melting and decomposing furnace according to claim 1, 2, or 3, wherein the processing object is preheated to 100 ° C or less in the first preheating chamber and preheated in the first preheating chamber. The processed object is preheated to 600 ° C. or less while adjusting the opening of the gate at the boundary between the second preheating chamber and the plasma melting cracking furnace, and the processing object preheated in the second preheating chamber is placed in the plasma melting cracking furnace. A method for plasma melting and decomposing waste, which is put into a plasma and subjected to plasma melting and decomposing. The waste plasma melting and decomposing method according to claim 4, wherein the temperature of the exhaust gas introduced from the exhaust gas introduction duct into the first preheating chamber is adjusted by detecting the temperature of the object to be treated in the second preheating chamber.

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