- Patent Title: Method and a system for producing hydrochloric acid from flue gases
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Application No.: US17273640Application Date: 2019-09-24
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Publication No.: US11376546B2Publication Date: 2022-07-05
- Inventor: Risto Hämäläinen , Tarja Korhonen , Naveen Chenna , Lauri Kokko
- Applicant: Valmet Technologies Oy
- Applicant Address: FI Espoo
- Assignee: Valmet Technologies Oy
- Current Assignee: Valmet Technologies Oy
- Current Assignee Address: FI Espoo
- Agency: Alston & Bird LLP
- Priority: FI20185795 20180924
- International Application: PCT/FI2019/050684 WO 20190924
- International Announcement: WO2020/065131 WO 20200402
- Main IPC: F23J15/04
- IPC: F23J15/04 ; C01B7/07 ; C01B7/03 ; B01J8/00 ; B01D53/86 ; B01D53/14

Abstract:
A method for producing aqueous hydrochloric acid from flue gases is provided. The method comprises conveying water to a first scrubber (102, 202, 302, 402, 502, 602, 702) or to a line (112b, 212b, 312b, 412b, 512b, 712b, 712c) to use the water in a scrubbing liquid of the first scrubber. The method also comprises providing flue gas containing chlorides into the first scrubber (102, 202, 302, 402, 502, 602, 702) and scrubbing the flue gas containing chlorides with the scrubbing liquid by contacting the flue gas with the scrubbing liquid in the first scrubber (102, 202, 302, 402, 502, 602, 702). Dilute hydrochloric acid and a flue gas derivate (104, 204, 304, 404, 504, 704) are produced. The method comprises letting out at least some of the dilute hydrochloric acid from the first scrubber (102, 202, 302, 402, 502, 602, 702) as a scrubber bleed, separating solids suspended by the scrubber bleed in a solids separator (192, 592, 692), conveying the scrubber bleed from the solids separator (192, 592, 692) into an evaporation vessel (194, 594, 694) and concentrating the scrubber bleed in the evaporation vessel (194, 594, 694) to produce hydrochloric acid vapor having a concentration of 5-22 wt-%. A corresponding system is also provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210354076A1 METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING HYDROCHLORIC ACID FROM FLUE GASES Public/Granted day:2021-11-18
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