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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 1982
Filed:
Jul. 09, 1980
Lothar Reh, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Hans W Schmidt, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Harald Sauer, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Gunter Winkhaus, Konigswinter, DE;
Roland Thome, Bonn, DE;
Dieter Moritz, Lunen, DE;
Metallgesellschaft A.G., Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Vereinigte Aluminium Werke A.G., Bonn, DE;
Abstract
A method of recovering fluorine, e.g. as hydrogen fluoride, from wastes of aluminum electrolysis furnaces, chemisorbents, adsorbents or absorbents, etc. in which the fluorine-containing material is subjected to pyrohydrolysis in an expanded fluid bed and the HF-containing gas is subjected to condensation or scrubbing for the removal of the HF therefrom. According to the invention, the exhaust gases from the fluidized bed are cooled by direct contact with solids which can be circulated in a separate cycle and are themselves cooled in a cooler, e.g. by contact with gas which is to be fed to the expanded fluidized bed. The circulated solids thus allow recovery of the sensible heat of the gas without diluting it.