Apparatus for the catalytic conversion of waste gases containing hydrocarbon, halogenated hydrocarbon and carbon monoxide

US5466421A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Degussa AG · DE

Inventors

• Klaus Deller · Großkrotzenburg, DE
• Hans Moesinger · Rodenbach, DE
• Herbert Mueller · Herznach, CH
• Josef Riedl · Attenkirchen, DE
• Wenzel Kuehn · Altötting, DE
• Rudolf Spielmannleitner · Altötting, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 28, 1993
• Grant date: Nov 14, 1995
• Expiry date: Dec 28, 2013

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F23G7/066
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Apparatus for carrying out a method for the catalytic conversion of waste gases such as those which accumulate in the synthesis of vinyl chloride is presented in which the waste gases are successively treated at an elevated temperature with a catalyst for oxidative cracking and with a catalyst for oxidative afterburning.