The disclosure relates to a novel plant process for purifying hydrogen halide solutions. The process includes halogenating the organic compounds, particularly phenolic compounds, in the hydrogen halide solution to precipitate the halogenated compounds. The halogenated compounds can be filter, the hydrogen halide solution further purified on an adsorbent bed, and the clean hydrogen halide solution can be recycled or used in other processes.

A dehydration method in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: a first dehydration step of bringing hydrogen chloride gas (21) and concentrated sulfuric acid (13A) into contact with each other; and a second dehydration step of bringing hydrogen chloride gas (21A) that has been obtained through the first dehydration step into contact with concentrated sulfuric acid (13B). A concentration of the concentrated sulfuric acid used in the second dehydration step is higher than a concentration of the concentrated sulfuric acid used in the first dehydration step.

The present invention provides a method including bringing hydrogen chloride gas into gas-liquid contact with crude hydrochloric acid that has a hydrogen chloride concentration of less than the saturation value and that contains low-boiling-point impurities, suitably at least one selected from hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, methane, ethylene, and acetylene, wherein the gas-liquid contact of the hydrogen chloride gas is further continued after the hydrogen chloride concentration reaches the saturation value until an excess amount of 0.1% or more of the mass of the saturated hydrochloric acid has been subjected to the contact treatment.

The present invention provides a method including bringing hydrogen chloride gas into gas-liquid contact with crude hydrochloric acid that has a hydrogen chloride concentration of less than the saturation value and that contains low-boiling-point impurities, suitably at least one selected from hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, methane, ethylene, and acetylene, wherein the gas-liquid contact of the hydrogen chloride gas is further continued after the hydrogen chloride concentration reaches the saturation value until an excess amount of 0.1% or more of the mass of the saturated hydrochloric acid has been subjected to the contact treatment.

A hydrogen chloride loop fuel reaction is designed and configured for turbine/generator combination which can be used for automotive propulsion or as a standalone electrical generation or for auxiliary equipment. A method for providing a hydrogen chloride loop fuel reaction includes creating hydrogen chloride fuel in a sealed furnace vessel, wherein at start up, the sealed furnace vessel is vacuumed out and hydrogen and chlorine are injected into a burner and ignited resulting in the hydrogen chloride fuel in an exhaust stream of the sealed furnace vessel; and looping the hydrogen chloride fuel leaving the sealed furnace vessel in the exhaust stream of the sealed furnace vessel.