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Oxidative evaporation process and apparatus

US4795568A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 3, 1987
Grant dateJan 3, 1989
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Expiry dateJun 3, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC02F1/048
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An oxidative evaporation process for treating waste water or other aqueous solutions containing organics or reduced forms of inorganics is described. The process relies upon excessive amounts of pressurized oxygen gas to both oxidize the solution and to increase the solution's evaporation rate. The oxidized liquid effluent from a reactor undergoes a series of flashing steps until a saturated solution is produced which readily crystallizes upon cooling.

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