JP2008137890A - Device for producing titanium tetrachloride - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device for producing titanium tetrachloride which prevents the blocking due to the flocculation of ferrous chloride in transportation piping and the change of the production rate without reducing production efficiency. <P>SOLUTION: Generated gas is sent from a reactor 10 to produce titanium tetrachloride by fluidized layer reaction via the transportation piping 20 to a condenser. A cooling means 31 is a spray device to spray liquid titanium tetrachloride in the transportation piping and forces high temperature generated gas to cool to lower temperature than the flocculation temperature range of ferrous chloride. A removing means 32 is provided in the piping together with the cooling means 31, to remove a ferrous oxide flocculated and adhered to inner surface of the piping by gas cooling by the cooling means 31. The removing means 32 is a hammer to remove flocculation adherent by blow in an axial direction. A pressure control valve 40 is provided downstream of the cooling means 31 and removing means 32 to prevent malfunction of a pressure control valve 40 due to flocculation adhesion. Variation of superficial linear velocity accompanying the change in the raw gas amount to be introduced is prevented by controlling the pressure in the reactor by the pressure control valve 40. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an apparatus for producing titanium tetrachloride used as a raw material for producing sponge titanium.

  Titanium tetrachloride, which is a raw material for producing sponge titanium, is produced by bringing titanium ore containing titanium, oxygen and iron into contact with chlorine gas in the presence of carbon. More specifically, in a state where granular titanium ore and granular coke are charged into the reaction furnace, chlorine gas is blown from the bottom of the furnace to form a fluidized bed at a temperature range of 800 to 1200 ° C. continue. The reaction product gas is taken out from the top of the reactor and sent to a condenser through a transfer pipe, whereby titanium tetrachloride is recovered in a liquid state.

  For example, Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 show a method for producing titanium tetrachloride by using such a fluid reaction. Moreover, in order to improve the productivity of titanium tetrachloride, it is described in patent document 3 that pressure control in a furnace is performed by the pressure control valve provided in the transfer piping.

JP 49-42518

JP-A-1-188424

JP-A-62-196471

  By the way, the product gas generated in the fluidized reaction furnace contains ferrous chloride, ferric chloride, other chlorides, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and the like in addition to titanium tetrachloride. Ferrous chloride in the product gas tends to condense and adhere to the inner surface of the transfer pipe, particularly the inner surface of the inlet, due to the melting point, dew point, and the like, causing the pipe to be blocked. Incidentally, the melting point of ferrous chloride is 672 ° C., and the temperature range in which ferrous chloride is condensed from the product gas is 650 to 850 ° C. And when piping was obstruct | occluded, it was necessary to stop operation | movement of a reactor and to disassemble transfer piping in the obstruction | occlusion part, to remove obstruction | occlusion, or to replace transfer piping.

  However, the dismantling of the transfer pipe takes time, and a decrease in productivity due to the shutdown of the furnace operation also becomes a problem. In particular, the clogging of the transfer pipe due to the aggregation of ferrous chloride in the generated gas is not limited to one place, and occurs at any number of places, so this problem is very serious.

  Against this backdrop, before the product gas enters the transfer pipe from the reactor, liquid titanium tetrachloride is sprayed into the reactor to form a mist so that the temperature of the product gas is reduced. A technique for lowering the temperature to a temperature lower than the condensation temperature range (650 to 850 ° C.) of ferrous chloride is described in Patent Document 4. According to this technique, at the stage of entering the transfer pipe, the temperature of the product gas has already decreased to a temperature lower than the condensation temperature range of ferrous chloride. For this reason, in the transfer pipe, ferrous chloride no longer aggregates on the inner surface, thereby preventing the pipe from being blocked.

JP 51-116198 A

  An apparatus for mechanically removing the obstruction in the transfer pipe is described in Patent Document 5, for example. The foreign matter removing device described in Patent Document 5 is provided with an axial striking function (hammer function) and a rotating function (drilling function) on a cleaning rod inserted into a portion where clogging in a pipe is remarkable. .

JP 2003-73121 A

  However, even if such measures are adopted, it is difficult to sufficiently solve the problem of the piping blockage due to the condensation of ferrous chloride.

  The temperature in the reaction furnace is controlled at 800 to 1200 ° C. Although it is a part in the reaction furnace, it is very difficult in practice to make the generated gas in the furnace lower than the condensation temperature range of ferrous chloride (650 to 850 ° C.). For this reason, the condensed gas range of ferrous chloride or a high-temperature product gas that exceeds this temperature flows into the transfer pipe and becomes lower than the condensation temperature range of ferrous chloride in the middle of the transfer pipe. It is inevitable that the transfer pipe will be blocked by.

  If a foreign substance removal device such as a drill or hammer that mechanically removes deposits is installed at the entrance of the transfer pipe where ferrous chloride condenses, the ferrous chloride condenses and adheres. The deposits can be removed without disassembling the transfer pipe, and a certain effect can be obtained. However, as described above, the condensation of ferrous chloride in the product gas is not limited to one place, but occurs in many places. And since transfer piping is long and there are many bends, if a foreign material removal apparatus is not installed in many places, it will not lead to a fundamental solution, but an economical burden will become great.

  Problems caused by condensation of ferrous chloride in the transfer pipe are not only due to blockage of the transfer pipe, stoppage of the furnace operation accompanying the dismantling of the pipe, and reduction in productivity accompanying this. Another major problem is that the production rate of titanium tetrachloride cannot be changed greatly.

That is, in the flow reaction, it is important to maintain the superficial linear velocity V within a certain range (see Patent Document 1). The superficial linear velocity V is one of the important factors in the flow reaction. When the flow reaction furnace is assumed to be empty, it represents an average speed at which the gas expanded by the furnace temperature rises in the cross section in the furnace. That is, this superficial linear velocity V is the volume E (m ³ / sec) of gas rising per second in the flow reactor and the cross-sectional area B (m ² ) of the fluid reactor, and the inflow gas velocity A (For example, mol / sec), which is a function of the cross sectional area B, the furnace temperature C, and the furnace pressure D in the flow reactor. That is, E is calculated by A, C, and D, and V is uniquely calculated as a function of A, B, C, and D as in Equation 1.

  In the flow reaction, if the superficial linear velocity V is lowered too much, it becomes difficult to maintain a stable flow state. Conversely, if it is raised too much, unreacted raw material particles begin to flow out together with the exhaust, and in either case, the reaction efficiency Is significantly reduced. For this reason, in the flow reaction, it is important to maintain the superficial linear velocity V within a certain range. Due to this limitation, the production rate of titanium tetrachloride could not be changed greatly until now. That is, in order to adjust the production rate, it is necessary to change the amount of the input raw material gas (corresponding to the inflow gas rate A). However, because of the agglomeration and adhesion of ferrous chloride and the like that cause the above-mentioned pipe blockage, the pressure control valve provided in the pipe becomes unusable at an early stage, and it is difficult to intentionally control the furnace pressure D by the pressure control valve. It becomes. If it is difficult to intentionally control the furnace pressure D and it must be left unattended, the allowance for adjusting the inflow gas velocity A is extremely limited under the constraint of a constant superficial line velocity (formula 1).

  In addition, when it is going to change the production rate of titanium tetrachloride largely, there is no choice but to change the superficial linear velocity, and the reduction of reaction efficiency becomes a problem. For unavoidable pressure fluctuations due to the fact that the pressure D in the furnace is not controlled, the superficial linear velocity V has been maintained by, for example, introducing air, but the productivity of coke burning is reduced. Decrease etc. became a problem.

  The objective of this invention is providing the titanium tetrachloride manufacturing apparatus which can prevent reliably and economically obstruction | occlusion by condensation of ferrous chloride in a transfer piping.

  In order to solve the problem of piping blockage due to condensation of ferrous chloride, the present inventor can obtain a sufficient blockage preventing effect even if the number of foreign matter removing devices is reduced as much as possible (for example, one). The method was examined. As a result, if the condensation of ferrous chloride in the transfer pipe is intentionally concentrated in one place and a foreign substance removal device is installed in that place, the entire pipe can be prevented from being blocked. It has been found that it is possible to avoid the shutdown of the furnace operation associated with the dismantling and the resulting decrease in productivity. In addition, the pressure control valve provided on the downstream side of the condensation generation point enables the furnace pressure to be accurately and stably controlled over a long period of time. As a result, fluctuations in the superficial line speed when the amount of input raw material gas is changed It has become clear that the production rate of titanium tetrachloride can be significantly changed.

  The titanium tetrachloride production apparatus of the present invention was developed on the basis of such knowledge, and is a reactor for producing titanium tetrachloride by a fluidized bed reaction, and a condensation for liquefying a product gas sent from the reaction furnace through a transfer pipe. A cooling means for forcibly cooling the generated gas, and a first chloride chloride condensed and adhered to the inner surface of the transfer pipe by forced gas cooling by the cooling means. In order to mechanically remove iron, a removing means provided in the middle of the transfer pipe is provided together with a cooling means.

  The removing means here removes the condensed deposits by rotating around the axis of the cleaning rod driven forward and backward in the axial direction, and removes the condensed deposits by striking due to the vibration in the axial direction of the cleaning rod driven forward and backward in the axial direction. Either the one to be removed or the one to remove the condensed deposits by the rotation of the cleaning rod driven forward and backward in the axial direction and the impact by the vibration in the axial direction.

  In the titanium tetrachloride production apparatus of the present invention, when the product gas is forcibly cooled by the cooling means in the middle of the transfer pipe, ferrous chloride in the product gas is condensed and deposited on the inner surface of the pipe. For this reason, adhesion due to condensation of ferrous chloride does not substantially occur on either the upstream side or the downstream side of the cooling section, and condensation deposition occurs only on the cooling section.

  That is, in the titanium tetrachloride production apparatus of the present invention, condensation is intentionally generated in one place in the middle of the transfer pipe. Thereby, the clogging in the whole piping can be reliably and economically prevented only by providing the removing means at one cooling section.

  For forced cooling of the product gas, at a location where the product gas exceeding 850 ° C., which is higher than the temperature range (650 to 850 ° C.) where ferrous chloride is condensed from the product gas, flows from the above condensation temperature range. Although forced cooling to a temperature lower than 650 ° C. is particularly preferable from the viewpoint of completely preventing upstream and downstream condensation, ferrous chloride is actively used even under cooling conditions of 850 ° C. or lower before cooling and 650 ° C. or higher after cooling. Condensation is possible, and as a result, upstream and downstream condensation is suppressed. In other words, if a place where the gas temperature falls rapidly even within the condensation temperature range of ferrous chloride, positive condensation is possible, and condensation is suppressed before and after that. Accordingly, the basic cooling condition is that the generated gas is forcibly cooled at a location where the generated gas at 650 ° C. or higher flows. The place where both the forced cooling means and the removing means of the present invention are installed is preferably the entrance of the transfer pipe. This is because the condensed deposits that have been removed fall into the reaction furnace and the processing becomes simple.

  The cooling means is preferably a sprayer that sprays liquid titanium tetrachloride in the transfer pipe because of its simple structure. As the removing means, a drill that removes condensation deposits by rotating around the shaft, a hammer that removes condensation deposits by hitting in the axial direction, and the like can be used. preferable.

  By using the titanium tetrachloride production apparatus of the present invention, the furnace pressure can be controlled accurately and stably over a long period of time. As a result, when producing titanium tetrachloride by a fluidized bed reaction, the reactor is charged into the reaction furnace. In addition to changing the amount of raw material gas, the production rate of titanium tetrachloride is changed by controlling the pressure in the reactor so that fluctuations in the superficial line speed associated with this change in the amount of raw material gas can be kept within the specified range. More specifically, by increasing the furnace pressure when the input raw material gas amount is increased and decreasing the furnace pressure when the input raw material gas amount is decreased, The speed can be maintained within a predetermined range.

  In order to control the pressure in the furnace, a pressure control valve provided in the middle of the piping is generally used. This pressure control valve is recommended to be provided downstream of the cooling means and the removing means for stable operation.

  The fluctuation range of the superficial linear velocity accompanying the change of the input raw material gas amount is preferably 0.05 to 0.4 m / sec, more preferably 0.08 to 0.3 m / sec, and particularly preferably 0.1. ~ 0.2 m / sec. That is, in the case of the raw material particle size used in a general process for producing titanium tetrachloride from titanium oxide powder (granular titanium ore), it becomes difficult to maintain a stable fluid state if the superficial linear velocity is lowered from this range, Conversely, if the superficial linear velocity is increased too much, unreacted raw material particles begin to flow out with the exhaust.

  A desirable furnace pressure range is 0.05 to 0.29 MPa, and more desirably 0.13 to 0.29 MPa. Although the pressure in the furnace can be controlled over a wide range, if it is too low, the flow state becomes difficult to stabilize even if the superficial linear velocity is maintained within a predetermined range, and if it is too high, the safety of the reactor is concerned.

  The titanium tetrachloride production apparatus of the present invention forcibly cools the product gas in the middle of the transfer pipe for transferring the product gas from the reactor to the condenser, intentionally and intensively generates the condensed deposits. By mechanically removing the clogging, the blockage due to the condensation of ferrous chloride in the transfer pipe can be reliably prevented with good economic efficiency.

  As a result, the furnace pressure can be controlled accurately and stably over a long period of time, the amount of raw material gas charged into the reactor is changed, and fluctuations in the superficial line speed caused by this change in the amount of raw material gas are within a predetermined range. In order to accommodate it, by controlling the pressure in the reaction furnace, the production rate of titanium tetrachloride can be greatly changed without reducing the production efficiency of titanium tetrachloride in the reaction furnace.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a main part of a titanium tetrachloride production apparatus showing an embodiment of the present invention.

  The titanium tetrachloride production apparatus according to the present embodiment includes a flow reaction furnace 10. This reactor 10 is obtained by injecting chlorine gas from the bottom of the furnace with granular titanium ore and granular coke charged into the chlorination furnace to form a fluidized bed in a temperature range of 800 to 1200 ° C. Titanium chloride is produced. In addition to titanium tetrachloride, the product gas contains ferrous chloride, ferric chloride, other chlorides, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and the like. This product gas is sent from the top of the reactor 10 through the transfer pipe 20 to a condenser which is a titanium tetrachloride recovery unit.

  The transfer pipe 20 includes an introduction part 21 provided at the top of the reactor 10 and a pipe body 22 extending laterally from the introduction part 21, and is bent at a right angle directly above the reaction furnace 10. .

  As the blockage preventing device 30 in the transfer pipe 20, a sprayer 31 as a cooling means and a cleaning rod 32 as a removing means are provided in the introduction portion 21 of the transfer pipe 20. The sprayer 31 injects the liquid titanium tetrachloride into the introduction part 21 in the form of a mist, so that the generated gas flowing from the reaction furnace 10 into the introduction part 21 is introduced into the introduction part 21 from the dew point range of ferrous chloride. The temperature is cooled to a temperature lower than 650 ° C., and the product gas having a temperature of 650 ° C. or higher is prevented from flowing out from the introduction portion 21.

  The cleaning rod 32 is a hammer having a rotating function that is vertically disposed right above the outlet of the reaction furnace 10. When not used, the cleaning rod 32 is a tubular storage that extends vertically from the introduction portion 21 of the transfer pipe 20. It is accommodated in the part 33. The cleaning bar 32 includes a head portion 32a and a shaft portion 32b that supports the head portion 32a, and is driven by a first drive portion 34 and a second drive portion 35 as drive portions. The first drive unit 34 imparts vibration for the impact in the axial direction and rotation around the axis to the cleaning rod 32. The second drive unit 35 drives the cleaning rod 32 forward and backward in the axial direction together with the first drive unit 34, and passes the head unit 32 a from the inside of the storage unit 33 through at least the inlet part of the transfer pipe 20 to the outlet of the reactor 10. To the storage portion 33 from the outlet.

  A seal portion 36 that seals the outer surface of the shaft portion of the cleaning rod 32 is provided on the upper portion of the storage portion 33. The seal portion 36 hermetically isolates the inside of the storage portion 33 from the outside of the furnace. On the other hand, a ball valve 37 as an on-off valve is attached to the lower portion of the storage portion 33. The inside of the storage part 33 is closed by the ball valve 37 so as to be openable to the inside of the furnace.

  A pressure control valve 40 is provided in the pipe body 22 of the transfer pipe 20 in order to control the pressure in the reaction furnace 10. The pressure control valve 40 is disposed on the downstream side of the clogging prevention device 30 in order to avoid the influence of ferrous chloride agglomeration and adhesion, and in order to control the pressure in the reaction furnace 10 to a target value, the reaction furnace 10 is operated based on the output signal of the pressure gauge 41a provided in the inside. The pressure gauge 41 a is combined with a pressure gauge 41 b provided in the vicinity of the inlet of the pipe body 22 (upstream of the pressure control valve 40) in order to monitor the blockage state in the introduction part 21.

  Further, a gas thermometer 50 is provided in the vicinity of the gas outlet of the introduction unit 21 in order to manage the cooling temperature of the product gas.

  Next, the function of the titanium tetrachloride manufacturing apparatus of this embodiment and the titanium tetrachloride manufacturing method using the same will be described.

  In a normal operation, the cleaning rod 32 is raised and the head portion 32 a is accommodated in the accommodating portion 33. Further, the ball valve 37 is closed, and the inside of the storage part 33 is isolated from the inside of the reaction furnace 10 and the inside of the transfer pipe 20. The product gas generated in the reaction furnace 10 is 800 to 1200 ° C. in the furnace. This generated gas is sent from the introduction part 21 of the transfer pipe 20 through the pipe main body 22 to the condenser which is the titanium tetrachloride recovery part, and the mist-like liquid titanium tetrachloride ejected from the sprayer 31 in the introduction part 21. Thus, the ferrous chloride in the product gas is forcibly cooled to a lower temperature (below 650 ° C.) than the condensation temperature range (650 to 850 ° C.). For this reason, the ferrous chloride in the product gas is condensed and deposited on the inner surface of the introduction portion 21 in a substantial amount.

  Thereby, the situation where ferrous chloride penetrate | invades in the piping main body 22 of the transfer piping 20 is avoided. On the other hand, in the introduction part 21 of the transfer pipe 20, the deposits 60 increase as the operation continues. When the deposit 60 increases, the pressure loss ΔP here increases. This pressure loss ΔP is obtained by (Pa−Pb), where Pa and Pb are measured values of the pressure gauges 41a and 41b. The clogging state due to the deposit 60 in the introduction portion 21 is monitored from the pressure loss ΔP, and when the blockage proceeds to a problematic level, the deposit 60 is removed.

  In the operation of removing the deposit 60, the ball valve 37 is first opened. Next, the cleaning rod 32 descends while performing vibration and rotation for applying an impact. Thereby, the deposit 60 is easily broken and removed by the head portion 32a of the cleaning rod 32. The removed deposit 60 falls into the reaction furnace 10 and does not need to be excluded from the system. After the destructive removal of the deposit 60 is completed, the cleaning stick 32 is raised until the head portion 32a enters the storage portion 33. Finally, the ball valve 37 closes and returns to the original state.

  Thus, the blockage due to the agglomeration of ferrous chloride in the entire transfer pipe 20 can be prevented only by providing one blockage prevention device 30 at one place in the transfer pipe 20 (here, the introduction portion 21). In addition, the pressure control valve 40 provided on the downstream side of the blockage preventing device 30 prevents the ferrous chloride from aggregating and adhering, thereby ensuring its stable operation. As a result, the furnace pressure can be managed with high accuracy, and as a result, the production rate of titanium tetrachloride can be changed over a wide range.

  That is, when increasing the production rate of titanium tetrachloride, the input amount of the raw material gas (chlorine gas) input to the reaction furnace 10 is increased. If this is left as it is, the inflow gas velocity A in Equation 1 increases and the superficial line velocity V increases. Therefore, in order to prevent an increase in the superficial linear velocity V, the pressure control valve 40 is operated to increase the furnace pressure D. As a result, the production rate of titanium tetrachloride can be greatly increased while minutely suppressing the fluctuation range of the superficial linear velocity V. In order to reduce the production rate of titanium tetrachloride, the pressure control valve 40 is used in order to reduce the input amount of the raw material gas (chlorine gas) input to the reactor 10 and to prevent the decrease in the superficial line speed V accompanying this. Is operated to lower the furnace pressure D. As a result, the production rate of titanium tetrachloride can be greatly reduced while minutely suppressing the fluctuation range of the superficial linear velocity V.

  In this way, the production rate of titanium tetrachloride can be significantly changed, and at the same time, a decrease in production efficiency due to suppression of fluctuations in the superficial line velocity V is prevented. In addition, since the introduction of air is not necessary, a decrease in production efficiency is prevented.

  In the case where the fluctuation range of the superficial linear velocity V is suppressed to 0.1 to 0.2 m / sec, the conventional method and the method of the present invention are compared using the titanium tetrachloride production apparatus of FIG. In the conventional method, the amount of input raw material gas is changed by leaving the pressure in the furnace, but the fluctuation range of the production rate is about 2 expressed as a ratio of “maximum production rate / minimum production rate”. The pressure inside the furnace changed around 0.24 MPa in absolute pressure (1.4 atm in relative pressure). On the other hand, in the method of the present invention, the pressure in the furnace is controlled in the range of, for example, 0.13 to 0.29 MPa (relative pressure: 0.3 to 1.9 atmospheres) as the pressure of the raw material gas is changed. Thus, the fluctuation range of the production rate is 4.5 in the above ratio, and when the control width of the furnace pressure is 0.15 to 0.25 MPa in absolute pressure (0.5 to 1.5 atm in relative pressure), The fluctuation range of the production speed is 4 in the above ratio, and in any case, the production speed can be significantly changed.

  The merit of being able to greatly change the production rate of titanium tetrachloride in the same reactor is as follows. Conventionally, if it is desired to reduce the production volume, the current reactor must be stopped and a small reactor must be moved instead. Conversely, if it is desired to increase production, another reactor must be operated additionally. For this reason, it was necessary to prepare a plurality of reactors of different scales. However, if the production rate of titanium tetrachloride can be greatly changed in the same reaction furnace, it is not necessary to switch between multiple furnaces or furnaces. The economic merit of being able to greatly change the production rate of titanium tetrachloride in the same reactor is great.

  In addition, in the said embodiment, although the obstruction | occlusion prevention apparatus 30 was provided in the introducing | transducing part 21 which is an inlet_port | entrance part of the transfer piping 20, the downstream may be sufficient. However, if it leaves | separates from the inlet_port | entrance part of the transfer piping 20, produced gas will cool between the blockage | prevention prevention apparatuses 30, and the danger that ferrous chloride in produced gas will condense arises. There is no such danger at the inlet of the transfer pipe 20, and even if it is away from the inlet, the generated gas temperature is lower than the lower limit (650 ° C.) of the ferrous chloride condensation temperature range (650 to 850 ° C.). It is necessary to provide the clogging prevention device 30 between them. Desirably, it is provided in a region higher than the upper limit (850 ° C.) of the ferrous chloride condensation temperature range (650 to 850 ° C.).

It is a block diagram of the principal part of the titanium tetrachloride manufacturing apparatus which shows one Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Chlorination furnace 20 Transfer piping 30 Blocking prevention apparatus 31 Sprayer (cooling means)
32 Cleaning stick (removal means)
40 Pressure control valve 41a, 41b Pressure gauge 50 Thermometer 60 Deposit

Claims (6)

  A reaction furnace for producing titanium tetrachloride by a fluidized bed reaction, a condenser for liquefying a product gas sent from the reaction furnace through a transfer pipe, and the transfer pipe in which the product gas of 650 ° C. or higher circulates is produced. A cooling means for forcibly cooling the gas, and a removing means provided in the middle of the transfer pipe together with the cooling means for mechanically removing ferrous chloride condensed and adhered to the inner surface of the transfer pipe by the forced gas cooling by the cooling means And the removing means removes the condensed deposits by striking due to the vibration in the axial direction of the cleaning rod driven forward and backward in the axial direction.   A reaction furnace for producing titanium tetrachloride by a fluidized bed reaction, a condenser for liquefying a product gas sent from the reaction furnace through a transfer pipe, and the transfer pipe in which the product gas of 650 ° C. or higher circulates is produced. A cooling means for forcibly cooling the gas, and a removing means provided in the middle of the transfer pipe together with the cooling means for mechanically removing ferrous chloride condensed and adhered to the inner surface of the transfer pipe by the forced gas cooling by the cooling means And the removing means removes the condensed deposits by rotating around the axis of a cleaning rod driven to move back and forth in the axial direction.   A reaction furnace for producing titanium tetrachloride by a fluidized bed reaction, a condenser for liquefying a product gas sent from the reaction furnace through a transfer pipe, and the transfer pipe in which the product gas of 650 ° C. or higher circulates is produced. A cooling means for forcibly cooling the gas, and a removing means provided in the middle of the transfer pipe together with the cooling means for mechanically removing ferrous chloride condensed and adhered to the inner surface of the transfer pipe by the forced gas cooling by the cooling means And the removal means removes the condensed deposit by the rotation of the cleaning rod driven forward and backward in the axial direction and the impact caused by the vibration in the axial direction. .   The said cooling means is a titanium tetrachloride manufacturing apparatus of Claim 1, 2 or 3 provided in the middle of piping through which the product gas over 850 degreeC distribute | circulates, and forcibly cooling the produced gas to less than 650 degreeC.   The titanium tetrachloride production apparatus according to claim 1, 2, or 3, wherein the cooling means is a sprayer that sprays liquid titanium tetrachloride into the transfer pipe.   The titanium tetrachloride production apparatus according to claim 1, 2 or 3, further comprising a pressure control valve for controlling the pressure in the furnace downstream of the cooling means and the removing means provided in the transfer pipe.

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