Destruction of toxic chemicals
US4574714A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 10, 1985 |
| Grant date | Mar 11, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 10, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S588/90
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Toxic chemicals such as polychlorinated biphenyls and other organic wastes are destroyed, optionally together with inorganic wastes, by injecting them, together with oxygen, into a molten bath such as is utilized in a steelmaking facility. The bath may be melted initially by induction, an electric arc or otherwise; the desired temperature greater than 2500.degree. F. may be maintained thereafter by the reaction of the oxygen and the organic waste. Various by-products may be obtained from the gas.
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