Asea Brown Boveri Inc.

Bbc Brown Boveri Ag

Abb Gadelius Kk

Christian Wieckert

Michael Hirth

Joachim Jochum

Harald Jodeit

Erwin Schmidl

Markus Hubig

A process and apparatus for the separation of vaporous heavy metal compounds from a carrier gas wherein the heavy metal compounds are cooled and desublimed. An apparatus for carrying out this process has a melting furnace with a discharge opening for a gas/vapor mixture, which leads to a cooling device. Vaporous heavy metal compounds can be separated from a carrier gas on a large industrial scale. In addition, the apparatus for carrying out this process is easy to operate. The gas/vapor mixture is turbulently mixed immediately after the discharge from the furnace in a mixing section with cold air and is thus cooled. During this cooling, the vaporous heavy metal compounds desublime and are filtered as particles in a filter.

Process for separating vaporous heavy metal compounds from a carrier gas

A process and apparatus for the separation of vaporous heavy metal compounds from a carrier gas wherein the heavy metal compounds are cooled and desublimed. An apparatus for carrying out this process has a melting furnace with a discharge opening for a gas/ vapor mixture, which leads to a cooling device. Vaporous heavy metal compounds can be separated from a carrier gas on a large industrial scale. In addition, the apparatus for carrying out this process is easy to operate. The gas/vapor mixture is turbulently mixed immediately after the discharge from the furnace in a mixing section with cold air and is thus cooled. During this cooling, the vaporous heavy metal compounds desublime and are filtered as particles in a filter.

In a melting furnace (1), toxic, volatile chemical compounds from introduced filter dust from industrial incineration units are vaporized at about 1300.degree. C. and forced to leave the reaction space. The non-vaporizing residue forms a glassy melt which is discharged continuously or intermittently from the reaction space. Heating of the melt and of the filter dust is affected by resistance heaters in protective ceramic sheaths (4) above the melt (2). In order to prevent corrosion of the resistance heater protection sheaths (4) by exit gases (7) especially in the flow lee thereof, the exit gases are forced, by partitions (10) and an exit gas extraction pipe (9) with an inlet orifice (16) at a low level, to flow below the resistance heater protection sheaths (4) to an exit gas outlet (5). The partitions (10) reach with their underside (14) from a ceiling region (17) into the gas space of the melting furnace (1) preferably to a level lower than that of the underside (15) of the resistance heater protection sheaths (4).

Manipulation of the exit gas flow in a melting furnace

A process for separating off poisonous volatile chemical compounds from a mixture (7) of solid particles having a particle size of up to 200 .mu.m, the mixture being brought continuously or intermittently at an average rate of 5.degree. to 200.degree. C./min in zones of progressively increasing temperature up to 1350.degree. C. and the poisonous chemical compounds being evaporated and forced to leave the reaction space (6). The poisonous compounds are subsequently condensed and discharged. The non-evaporated residue is gradually melted, and the melt (8) is continuously or intermittently discharged from the reaction space (6) and solidified. The particles carried over into the gas phase are preferably retained by a hot gas filter, liquefied and passed into the melt.

Process for separating off poisonous volatile chemical compounds from a

An apparatus for the removal of residues from the inner wall of a tube carrying hot gases and/or vapors includes a passage extending into a first end of the tube in an axial direction; an axially extending shaft supported within the passage in an axially displaceable manner so that one end of the shaft is within the tube; a discharge opening in the tube through which the residues may be removed; a helically wound metal scraper connected to the one end of the shaft; and a device for driving the shaft such that the scraper is rotated in a manner of a corkscrew into the tube.

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Baden, Switzerland

Christian Wieckert