Sodium recovery process
Abstract
Abstract A THERMAL PROCESS FOR THE GENERATION OF SODIUM METAL FROM SODIUM CARBONATE AND COKE BY FEEDING PARTICULATE COKE AND SODIUM CARBONATE TO SODIUM GENERATOR, CONDUCTING MOLTEN SODIUM CARBONATE CONTAINING UNREACTED COKE BY GRAVITY FLOW FROM THE UPPER PORTION OF THE GENERATOR TO THE BOTTOM OF A FURNACE, SAID FURNACE BEING FED WITH A SOURCE OF OXYGEN TO OBTAIN ESSENTIALLY COMPLETE COMBUSTION OF THE COKE, RECIRCULATING THE MOLTEN SODIUM CARBONATE BY GRAVITY FLOW FROM AN UPPER PORTION OF THE FURNACE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE GENERATOR, CONDUCTING VAPORS OF CARBON MONOXIDE AND SODIUM FROM THE GENERATOR TO A QUENCH SYSTEM, RECOVERING CONDENSED LIQUID SODIUM FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE QUENCH SYSTEM, THE CARBON MONOXIDE EXITING FROM THE QUENCH SYSTEM BEING RETURNED TO THE FURNACE OF COMBUSTION TO CARBON DIOXIDE.
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- 👤 V Chong
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