A highly efficient and effective process for destroying organic contaminants in wastewater streams, without the need for supercritical oxidation conditions, is provided.

A highly efficient and effective process for destroying organic contaminants in wastewater streams, without the need for supercritical oxidation conditions, is provided.

The invention relates to a process for treating a waste lye of a lye scrub using an oxidation reactor (100), the waste lye and oxygen or an oxygen-containing gas mixture being introduced into the oxidation reactor (100) and steam being introduced into the oxidation reactor (100). It is provided that the steam is at least partially introduced by means of a steam feeding device (10), which has a cylindrical section (11) with a centre axis (12) and a wall (13), the centre axis (12) being aligned perpendicularly, a number of groups of openings (14) being formed in the wall, each of the groups comprising a number of the openings (14), and the number of openings (14) of each of the groups being arranged in one or more planes (15) that is or are in each case aligned perpendicularly to the centre axis (12). A corresponding installation and also a corresponding oxidation reactor (100) are likewise the subject of the present invention.

The invention relates to a process for treating a waste lye of a lye scrub using an oxidation reactor (100), the waste lye and oxygen or an oxygen-containing gas mixture being introduced into the oxidation reactor (100) and steam being introduced into the oxidation reactor (100). It is provided that the steam is at least partially introduced by means of a steam feeding device (10), which has a cylindrical section (11) with a centre axis (12) and a wall (13), the centre axis (12) being aligned perpendicularly, a number of groups of openings (14) being formed in the wall, each of the groups comprising a number of the openings (14), and the number of openings (14) of each of the groups being arranged in one or more planes (15) that is or are in each case aligned perpendicularly to the centre axis (12). A corresponding installation and also a corresponding oxidation reactor (100) are likewise the subject of the present invention.

The invention relates to a process for treating a sulfide-containing waste lye from a lye scrub in which the waste lye and oxygen or an oxygen-containing gas mixture is fed to an oxidation reactor (10) and in the latter is subjected to a wet oxidation, steam being fed into the oxidation reactor (10). It is provided that an oxidation reactor (10) with a number of chambers (11-19), of which a first chamber (11) has a greater volume than a second chamber (12), is used, the waste lye and the oxygen or the oxygen-containing gas mixture being fed to the first chamber (11), fluid flowing out of the first chamber (11) being transferred into the second chamber (12), the steam quantity and/or steam temperature of the steam fed into the oxidation reactor (10) being controlled by a control device (TIC), and the steam fed into the oxidation reactor (10) being at least partially fed into the first chamber (11) and into the second chamber (12). A corresponding installation (100) and also a corresponding oxidation reactor (10) are likewise the subject of the invention.

There is provided a method of hydrothermal carbonization of a sludge, comprising the steps of: preheating the sludge to obtain a preheated sludge; mixing the preheated sludge with a wet-oxidized fraction to obtain a reaction mixture; subjecting the reaction mixture to hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) in a reactor to obtain a HTC-treated sludge; separating a fraction from the HTC-treated sludge; and mixing the fraction with an oxidizing agent, such as oxygen gas, to obtain the wet-oxidized fraction, wherein the temperature of the fraction before the wet oxidation is at least 15 C. higher than the temperature of the preheated sludge. A corresponding system is also provided.

There is provided a method of hydrothermal carbonization of a sludge, comprising the steps of: preheating the sludge to obtain a preheated sludge; mixing the preheated sludge with a wet-oxidized fraction to obtain a reaction mixture; subjecting the reaction mixture to hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) in a reactor to obtain a HTC-treated sludge; separating a fraction from the HTC-treated sludge; and mixing the fraction with an oxidizing agent, such as oxygen gas, to obtain the wet-oxidized fraction, wherein the temperature of the fraction before the wet oxidation is at least 15 C. higher than the temperature of the preheated sludge. A corresponding system is also provided.

There is provided a method of hydrothermal carbonization of a sludge, comprising the steps of: a) preheating the sludge to obtain a preheated sludge; b) adding an oxidizing agent, such as oxygen gas, to the preheated sludge; and c) subjecting the sludge from step b) to hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) in a reactor to obtain a HTC-treated sludge.

There is provided a method of hydrothermal carbonization of a sludge, comprising the steps of: a) preheating the sludge to obtain a preheated sludge; b) adding an oxidizing agent, such as oxygen gas, to the preheated sludge; and c) subjecting the sludge from step b) to hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) in a reactor to obtain a HTC-treated sludge.

A supercritical water oxidation-flame piloted vortex reactor has a hydrothermal flame produced within the interior of the reactor fed by a fuel including a waste water stream, and has a subcritical wash stream, including water below its critical point, that creates an upward helical flow in the material within the reactor. The hydrothermal flame and upward helical flow produce within the reactor a supercritical core region, a subcritical outer region around the core region, and a transcritical intermediate region between them. The upward helical flow serves to transfer precipitated ionic compounds out of the supercritical core region, through the transcritical intermediate region, and into the subcritical outer region where they re-dissolve. A processed flow, including purified water, is removed from an upper portion of the supercritical core region by an aspirator.