Process for the hygienic elimination of sewage containing salt-containing organic substances

Claim 1

A process for the hygienic elimination of sewage which includes salt-containing organic substances, said process comprising the steps of: concentrating the sewage by evaporation; atomizing the concentrated sewage to a finely dispersed form; combining the atomized concentrated sewage with hot gases at a temperature of about 600° C. in a dryer, thereby substantially completely removing the residual water content thereof by evaporation; separating the thus obtained dry substance of the atomized, concentrated and evaporated sewage from the residual aqueous drying vapors said steps of combining the atomized concentrated sewage and separating said sewage from the residual aqueous drying vapors resulting in readily volatile organic substances being released with said drying vapors; burning the readily volatile organic substances in the residual aqueous drying vapors; from said burning step as said hot gases in said combining step for evaporation of the atomized, concentrated sewage; feeding said dry substances into a hot combustion chamber by means of an oxygen-containing carrier gas; heating the dry substance in said combustion chamber to a temperature of about 1100° C. so rapidly that the salt content of the sewage is converted substantially instantaneously from its solid aggregate state in said dry substance into the gaseous phase and therefore substantially without salt fusion; oxidizing the organic substances in the sewage by heating in said hot combustion chamber; removing the hot flue gases formed during combustion of the organic substances in the hot combustion chamber together with the salts in the gas phase from said hot combustion chamber; cooling the hot flue gases and gaseous salts contained therein from said hot combustion chamber to a temperature of about 200° C. in such a rapid manner so that said gaseous salts are converted back into the solid aggregate state; and separating the salts from the flue gases, and discharging said gases into the atmosphere.

Claim 13

A system for the hygienic elimination of sewage which includes salt-containing organic substances, said system comprising: means for feeding the sewage into said system; means for concentrating the sewage by evaporation; atomizer means for reducing the concentrated sewage to finely dispersed form; a spray dryer; first conduit means for feeding the concentrated sewage from said concentrating means to said reducing means; means coupling said reducing means to said dryer to enable said finely dispersed concentrated sewage to pass to said dryer; means connected to said dryer for supplying a hot gaseous medium thereto for drying the concentrated sewage, said hot gaseous medium and said finely dispersed concentrated sewage flowing in substantially parallel manner into said dryer; a first outlet in said dryer for removal of the dry substance of the sewage therefrom; an uncooled combustion chamber; second conduit means connected between said first outlet and said uncooled combustion chamber; means connected to said uncooled combustion chamber for supplying additional fuel thereto; a second outlet in said uncooled combustion chamber for removal of the flue gases and salts in the gas phase therefrom; a third outlet in said dryer for removing drying vapors having fine solid particles entrained therein; a cyclone separator connected to said third outlet for separating the drying vapors from the fine solid particles; a fourth outlet in said separator for removing the fine solid particles therefrom; a storage tank; means for connecting said first and fourth outlets to said storage tank; a salt silo; third conduit means connecting said salt silo and said storage tank; and a fan connected in said second conduit means for supplying combustion air to said uncooled combustion chamber, said air also serving as a means to feed material from said salt silo to said uncooled combustion chamber.

Claim 14

A system for the hygienic elimination of sewage which includes salt-containing organic substances, said system comprising: means for feeding the sewage into said system; means for concentrating the sewage by evaporation; atomizer means for reducing the concentrated sewage to finely dispersed form; a spray dryer; first conduit means for feeding the concentrated sewage from said concentrating means to said reducing means; means coupling said reducing means to said dryer to enable said finely dispersed concentrated sewage to pass to said dryer; means connected to said dryer for supplying a hot gaseous medium thereto for drying the concentrated sewage, said hot gaseous medium and said finely dispersed concentrated sewage flowing in substantially parallel manner into said dryer; a first outlet in said dryer for removal of the dry substance of the sewage therefrom; an uncooled combustion chamber; second conduit means connected between said first outlet and said uncooled combustion chamber; means connected to said uncooled combustion chamber for supplying additional fuel thereto; a second outlet in said uncooled combustion chamber for removal of the flue gases and salts in the gas phase therefrom; a third outlet in said dryer for removing drying vapors having fine solid particles entrained therein; a cyclone separator connected to said third outlet for separating the drying vapors from the fine solid particles; a fourth outlet in said separator for removing the fine solid particles therefrom; a storage tank; means for connecting said first and fourth outlets to said storage tank; a salt silo; third conduit means connecting said salt silo and said storage tank; and a fan connected in said second conduit means for supplying combustion air to said uncooled combustion chamber, said air also serving as a means to feed material from said salt silo to said uncooled combustion chamber.