WO1997034660B1 - Method for hot and supercritical water oxidation of material using specific reactants - Google Patents

Method for hot and supercritical water oxidation of material using specific reactants

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WO1997034660B1
WO1997034660B1 PCT/US1997/004443 US9704443W WO9734660B1 WO 1997034660 B1 WO1997034660 B1 WO 1997034660B1 US 9704443 W US9704443 W US 9704443W WO 9734660 B1 WO9734660 B1 WO 9734660B1
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Priority to AT97916849T priority patent/ATE194503T1/en
Priority to DE69702503T priority patent/DE69702503T2/en
Priority to JP53368797A priority patent/JP3346773B2/en
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This invention relates to a process for the decomposition of material selected from halogenated organic compounds, to compounds which are environmentally acceptable, or are amenable to further degradation by conventional disposal systems to produce environmentally acceptable products, which process comprises: (a) conveying an aqueous solution or an aqueous slurry of material into a reaction zone capable of withstanding the temperatures and pressures of decomposition of the material; (b) contacting the material in the reaction zone with aqueous sodium carbonate as a reactant in an amount effective to decompose the material under hydrothermal oxidation conditions of between about 300 and 600 °C and a pressure of between about 10 and 400 atmospheres for between 0.01 and 120 min wherein the specific reactant, a carbonate such as sodium carbonate, at the reaction conditions is present at about 10 % or less as a water-soluble salt as compared to the solubility of the salt at ambient conditions wherein the specific reactant is essentially present as a solid and the oxidation occurs under heterogeneous conditions, wherein the process occurs in the presence of a gaseous oxidant wherein said oxidant is present in an amount of between about 0.01 and 50 % by weight of the material; (c) producing about 99 % or greater of the decomposition of the material, or 99 % or greater conversion of the material to compounds which are environmentally acceptable or to compounds which are amendable to further degradation; and (d) optionally degrading further the compounds produced in step (c) by reaction to environmentally acceptable products. Preferably, the specific reactant is sodium carbonate and the oxidant is oxygen or air. Preferably, the halogenated organic compound is selected from polychlorobiphenyl, polybromobiphenyl mono-chlorobenzodioxin or poly-chlorobenzodioxin compounds.

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AMENDED CLAIMS
[received by the International Bureau on 18 September 1997 (18.09.97); original claims 7, 9 and 14 cancelled; original claims 1-4, 8, 10, 12, 13, 15, 17 and 19-21 amended; new claims 22 and 23 added; remaining claims unchanged (3 pages)]
1 . A process for the decomposition of material selected from the group consisting of organic compounds, inorganic compounds, and combinations thereof, to compounds which are environmentally acceptable, or which are amenable to further degradation by conventional disposal systems to produce environmentally acceptable products, which process comprises:
(a) conveying an aqueous solution or an aqueous slurry of the material to be decomposed into a reaction zone capable of withstanding the temperatures and pressures of the decomposition; and
(b) contacting the material, in the presence of water, with a specific reactant present as a solid in an amount effective to decompose the material under hot or supercritical water oxidation conditions, said conditions including a reaction temperature of between about 300 and 600 °C and a reaction pressure of between about 10 and 400 atmospheres, wherein the specific reactant is at least about 90% insoluble in an aqueous medium at said hot or supercritical water oxidation conditions, and reacts to neutralize any acid gases produced in the decomposition, and wherein the process occurs in the presence of a gaseous oxidant, said contacting being carried out for a reaction time sufficient to convert about 99% or greater of the material τo compounds which are environmentally acceptable, or to conversion compounds which are amendable to further degradation.
2. The process of claim 1 , wherein the material is selected from halogenated organic compounds, and said conditions include a reaction temperature of between about 300 and 400°C.
3. The process of claim 1 , wherein the specific reactant is selected from the group consisting of sodium carbonate, calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, calcium bicarbonate, magnesium bicarbonate, and combinations thereof. 34
4. The process of claim 1 , wherein the gaseous oxidant is selected from the group consisting of air, oxygen, hydrogen peroxide, ozone and combinations thereof.
5. The process of claim 2, wherein the halogenated organic compounds are selected from the group consisting of tetrachlorobenzodioxin, polychlorobiphenyls, polybromobiphenyls, methylenedichloride, chloroform, carbon tetrachloride, dichloroethylene, methylchloroform, polychlorinatβd benzene, polychlorohexane, chlorinated olefins, methyl bromide, ethyl bromide, dichlorofluoromethanβ, 1 ,2- dichloro-1 ,1 ,2,2-tetrafluoroethane, and combinations thereof.
6. The process of claim 3, wherein the specific reactant is sodium carbonate.
8. The process of claim 2, wherein said halogenated organic compounds are present in at least about 90 weight percent of the total material.
10. The process of claim 1 , wherein in step (b) the temperature is between about 373° and 400°C and the pressure is between about 220 and 300 atmospheres.
1 1 . The process of claim 10, wherein the specific reactant is sodium carbonate.
12. The process of claim 1 , further comprising the step of
(c) further degrading the compounds produced in step (b) by subsequent reaction to environmentally acceptable products.
13. The process of claim 2, wherein in step (bl, the specific reactant is sodium carbonate, the reaction temperature is between about 374 and 400°C, the gaseous oxidant is air or oxygen, and the reaction time is between about 0.1 and 60 min.
1 5. The process of claim 4, wherein the gaseous oxidant is oxygen or air.
16. The process of claim 1 5, wherein the oxidant is oxygen. 17. The process of claim 2, wherein in step (b), the specific reactant is sodium carbonate, the reaction temperature is between about 300 and 374° C, the reaction pressure is maintained to keep the water present as a gas, and the reaction time is between about 1 and 60 min.
1 8. The process of claim 17, wherein the oxidant is oxygen or air.
19. The process of claim 18, wherein the halogenated organic compounds are selected from the group consisting of ehlorobenzodioxins, polyibromobiphenyls, polychlorobiphenyls, methylene dichloride, chloroform, carbon tetrachloride, dichloroethylene, methylchloroform, polychlohnated benzene, polychiorohexaπe, methyl bromide, ethyl bromide, dichlorofluoromethane, 1 ,2-dichloro-1 , 1 ,2,2- tetrafluoroethane, and combinations thereof.
20. The process of claim 2, wherein the material is selected from polychlorobiphenyls .
21 . The process of claim 20, wherein in step (b) the specific reactant is sodium carbonate, the reaction temperature is about 375 °C to 385 °C, and the gaseous oxidant is oxygen or air.
22. The process of claim 20, wherein said polychlorobiphenyls are present in at least about 90 weight percent of the total material.
23. The process of claim 1 , wherein the oxidant is present in an amount of between about 0.1 and 50% by weight of the material.
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EP97916849A EP0888153B1 (en) 1996-03-22 1997-03-19 Method for hot and supercritical water oxidation of material using specific reactants
AT97916849T ATE194503T1 (en) 1996-03-22 1997-03-19 PROCESS FOR WARM AND SUPERCRITICAL WATER OXIDATION OF MATERIALS USING SPECIFIC REACTANTS
DE69702503T DE69702503T2 (en) 1996-03-22 1997-03-19 METHOD FOR WARM AND SUPERCRITICAL WATER OXIDATION OF SPECIFIC REACTANTS USING MATERIALS
JP53368797A JP3346773B2 (en) 1996-03-22 1997-03-19 A method for high temperature and supercritical water oxidation of materials using special reactants.

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