Apparatus for the continuous recovery of acids from inert organic media
Abstract
Abstract APPARATUS FOR THE CONTINUOUS RECOVERY OF PURE ACIDS AND WATER-ACID MIXTURES, WHICH ARE PRESENT IN CONTAMINATED INERT ORGANIC MEDIA SUCH AS ABSORBER SOLUTIONS, COMPRISING: (A) HEATING MEANS TO HEAT SAID ABSORBER SOLUTIONS; (B) DESORPTION MEANS INCLUDING A FALLING-FILM EVAPORATOR OPERATING UNDER VACUUM TO SEPARATE A DESORBED ACID-WATER MIXTURE WHICH HAS MUCH HIGHER HF STRENGTH THAN THE AZEOTROPE; (C) MEANS FOR WITHDRAWING THE DESORBED WATER-ACID MIXTURE IN THE VAPOR PHASE FROM SAID FALLING-FILM EVAPORATOR; (D) CONDENSING MEANS TO LIQUEFY SAID DESORBED WATERACID MIXTURE, AND (E) PUMPING MEANS AND RECYCLING MEANS TO TRANSPORT THE ABSORBENT FROM THE EVAPORATOR TO AN ABSORPTION TOWER FOR RE-USE.
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- 👤 Renato Gentili
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