摘要:
In a method and apparatus for producing nitrogen trifluoride a working fluid is passed through a heat engine cycle and the mechanical energy generated by the working fluid is used to produce sufficient mixing intensity within a nitrogen trifluoride reactor. The method utilizes a working fluid vapor jet, such as a hydrogen fluoride vapor jet, to impart sufficient energy to the mixing zone of a reactor in order to disperse gaseous fluorine within a liquid ammonium acid fluoride melt. A gaseous reaction product stream is removed from the reactor, the reaction product stream comprising nitrogen trifluoride and a working fluid vapor. The working fluid is then separated from the nitrogen trifluoride and recycled for reuse in the process, thereby completing a heat engine cycle.
摘要:
The present invention is directed to a method for the synthesis of nitrogen trifluoride from elemental fluorine gas and a source of ammonia in a gas-liquid phase reaction comprising; 3F 2 + NH 4 H (x-1) F x → NF 3 + (3+x) HF wherein the melt ratio HF/NH 3 represented by x in the above formula is at least 2.55 and the reaction liquid is agitated or mixed with a mixing apparatus with power input to the mixing apparatus at a high level equivalent to or greater than 1000 watts per cubic meter. This improved synthesis method allows for enhanced nitrogen trifluoride yields of 70% or greater.
摘要:
The present invention is directed to a method for the synthesis of nitrogen trifluoride from elemental fluorine gas and a source of ammonia in a gas-liquid phase reaction comprising; 3F 2 + NH 4 H (x-1) F x → NF 3 + (3+x) HF wherein the melt ratio HF/NH 3 represented by x in the above formula is at least 2.55 and the reaction liquid is agitated or mixed with a mixing apparatus with power input to the mixing apparatus at a high level equivalent to or greater than 1000 watts per cubic meter. This improved synthesis method allows for enhanced nitrogen trifluoride yields of 70% or greater.
摘要:
A method of recovering HF from an aqueous solution containing NH₄F and HF is provided. The solution is contacted with a water-immiscible, amine-containing extractant which extracts HF in preference to NH₄F. The HF:NH₄F molar ratio of the solution, the amine, the concentration of the amine in the extractant and the contact temperature are selected so as to form an HF-loaded organic liquid phase having an HF:amine molar ratio of at least about 1.2. The extractant is preferably selected from amines, amine-HF complexes, quaternary amine fluorides and mixtures thereof with inert organic diluents. After equilibration, the HF-loaded amine is separated from the solution and HF is stripped therefrom in an amount sufficient to lower the HF:amine molar ratio by at least about 0.2.
摘要:
A method of recovering hydrogen fluoride and ammonia from an aqueous ammonium fluoride solution is provided. Ammonia and water are evaporated from a mixed liquor having an aqueous phase and an organic phase. The aqueous phase of the mixed liquor has a total fluorine concentration of at least about 15 wt% and an ammonium fluoride molar fraction of at least about 0.67. The mixed liquor is formed by combining the aqueous ammonium fluoride solution with (i) an aqueous solution of ammonium fluoride and ammonium bifluoride; (ii)a strong amine extractant which is immiscible in the aqueous solution of ammonium fluoride and ammonium bifluoride; and (iii) water. The evaporation of ammonia and water from the mixed liquor causes the amine to become loaded with hydrogen fluoride. The HF-loaded amine is recovered from the mixed liquor and hydrogen fluoride is stripped therefrom in an amount sufficient to lower the HF:amine molar ratio by at least about 0.2.
摘要:
A method for completely reducing an inorganic halide to obtain a non-halogen inorganic substance and/or hydride thereof and preferably anhydrous hydrogen halide fluid using inorganic halide substances, such as sulfur hexafluoride, nitrogen trifluoride, tungsten hexafluoride, uranium hexafluoride and others by reduction with a reducing agent at a proper temperature. The reducing agents may be molecular hydrogen, inorganic hydrides and inorganic metallic elements; molecular hydrogen is preferable, but in certain instances the inorganic hydrides are used, as well as inorganic metallic elements such as calcium and magnesium.
摘要:
In a method and apparatus for producing nitrogen trifluoride a working fluid is passed through a heat engine cycle and the mechanical energy generated by the working fluid is used to produce sufficient mixing intensity within a nitrogen trifluoride reactor. The method utilizes a working fluid vapor jet, such as a hydrogen fluoride vapor jet, to impart sufficient energy to the mixing zone of a reactor in order to disperse gaseous fluorine within a liquid ammonium acid fluoride melt. A gaseous reaction product stream is removed from the reactor, the reaction product stream comprising nitrogen trifluoride and a working fluid vapor. The working fluid is then separated from the nitrogen trifluoride and recycled for reuse in the process, thereby completing a heat engine cycle.