PROCESS FOR THE HEAT TREATMENT OF METALLIC RESIDUES CONTAMINATED BY ORGANIC COMPOUNDS

• Main Authors: PELLETIER, MARC, LAUDET, ALAIN, PIEZANOWSKI, LUDIVINE, ROTH, JEAN-LUC
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Polish
• Published: 30.09.2011
• Subjects: BLASTING; CHEMICAL MATERIALS FOR USE IN BREATHING APPARATUS; CHEMICAL MEANS FOR EXTINGUISHING FIRES OR FOR COMBATING ORPROTECTING AGAINST HARMFUL CHEMICAL AGENTS; CHEMISTRY; DRYING; DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; FIRE-FIGHTING; FURNACES; FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS, OR RETORTS IN GENERAL; HEATING; HUMAN NECESSITIES; KILNS; LIFE-SAVING; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; METALLURGY; OPEN SINTERING OR LIKE APPARATUS; OVENS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS; PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; RETORTS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS; WEAPONS

Treatment of divided metallic residues contaminated by organic compounds, comprises mixing the metallic residues with a calcium-magnesium compound, exothermic reaction of the calcium-magnesium compound by water that the metallic residues contain, with a temperature rise, dehydration of the metallic residues during the reaction, oxidation of the organic compounds during mixing, by contacting with a gas stream containing oxygen and discharge of a dehydrated and easy to handle treated product that has a residual content of organic compounds of less than 1 wt.% of the treated product. Treatment of divided metallic residues contaminated by organic compounds, comprises mixing, inside a vessel, the metallic residues with a calcium-magnesium compound capable of reacting exothermically with water, exothermic reaction of the calcium-magnesium compound by the water that the metallic residues contain, temperature rise of the metallic residues undergoing an exothermic reaction, dehydration of the metallic residues during the exothermic reaction, oxidation of the organic compounds during mixing, by contacting the contaminated metallic residues in mixture the calcium-magnesium compound with a gas stream at least partly containing oxygen and discharge, out of the vessel, of a dehydrated and easy to handle treated product that has a residual content of organic compounds of less than 1 wt.% of the treated product. The process is controlled to keep the temperature of the gas current at lower than 600[deg] C. An independent claim is included for a device for treating divided metal residues, contaminated by organic compounds, comprising a vessel (1) containing an entry (3, 4) for solid matters in which the metal residues and a calcium-magnesium compound able to react with the exothermic water of manner is introduced into the enclosure, a mixing element (5) which brews the metal residues and a the calcium-magnesium compound and an exit for solid matters (14), where a dehydrated treated and easy to handle product is evacuated, a gas entry (15, 16) to introduce a gas flow containing at least partially of oxygen into the vessel and a gas exit (8, 9), where the treated product evacuated in the exit for solid matters (14) has a residual content of organic compounds lower than 1 wt.% and the device does not comprise refractory bricks.