Abstract:
A method for destroying asbestos in mainly organic matrix asbestos-containing waste includes the steps of: preparing the asbestos-containing waste; preparing a supercritical aqueous phase; letting the asbestos and the primarily organic matrix of the asbestos-containing waste react with the aqueous phase for a time t in an appropriate reactor at a predetermined pressure P and temperature T to maintain the aqueous phase in supercritical condition; cooling and condensing the aqueous phase flowing out of the reactor; and separating the aqueous phase from any entrained solid products therein. The step of preparing the supercritical aqueous phase includes an additional step, in which an oxidizing compound is added in a predetermined concentration Cl, the pressure P is in a range from 25 to 27 MPa, and the temperature T is in a range from 600° C. to 650° C., causing the asbestos and the organic binder to be simultaneously destroyed.
Abstract:
A method for destroying asbestos in mainly organic matrix asbestos-containing waste (ACW), which includes the steps of: preparing the asbestos-containing waste; preparing a supercritical aqueous phase; allowing asbestos and the primarily organic matrix of the asbestos-containing waste to react with the aqueous phase for a time t in an appropriate reactor at predetermined pressure P and temperature T to maintain the aqueous phase in supercritical conditions; cooling and condensing the aqueous phase flowing out of the reactor; and separating said aqueous phase from any entrained solid product therein. The step in which the supercritical aqueous phase is prepared includes an additional step, in which at least one oxidizing compound is added in a predetermined concentration C1, the pressure P is in a range from 25 to 27 MPa, and the temperature T is in a range from 600° C. to 650° C., causing the asbestos and the organic binder to be simultaneously destroyed.
Abstract:
Herein described is a process for the hydrothermal treatment of asbestos and/or materials containing asbestos in supercritical water (Supercritical Water, SCW), that provides for the withdrawal (3) of water from a tank (2), the transformation (5) of the water in supercritical water, the reaction of the supercritical water with asbestos or with material containing asbestos in a suitable environment (8) by means of a hydrolysis process, the cooling (14) of the waste water, the filtering (15) of the waste water, the collection of the waste water in a tank (17). Herein is also described a plant for the treatment of asbestos and/or materials containing asbestos comprising a water tank (2), a withdrawal pump (3) associated to said tank (2), a furnace (4) containing a serpentine coil (5) fed by said withdrawal pump (3) for the transformation of the water in supercritical water and a reactor (8) for the reaction of the supercritical water with asbestos and/or with the material containing asbestos, heat exchange means (14) for cooling the waste water from said furnace (4), and filtering means (15) of the water positioned at the output of said exchange means (14) and collection means (17) of the cooled and filtered waste water.