Recovery of Chlorine from Ferric Chloride

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• Personal Author:
  Olsen, Richard S.
• Description:
  Chlorination of ilmenite to produce titanium products results in large quantities of byproduct ferric chloride. This finely divided, deliquescent material is extremely corrosive and presents a difficult waste disposal problem. In particular, it is difficult to transfer accurately and reliably for processing in fluidized-bed operations for chlorine recovery. Compacting ferric chloride into hard, dense pellets reduces its tendency to pick up moisture and allows it to be easily fed into oxidation units where it can be converted to iron oxide and recyclable chlorine. Pelletizing also allows the incorporation of promoters such as sodium chloride and fuels such as carbon or metallic iron within the feed pellets. Bench-scale studies in fluidized-bed oxidation reactors are described and discussed. A product gas containing 80 pct chlorine was produced at 800 deg. C in a reactor where pelletized ferric chloride was fed to the bottom of a fluidized bed of iron oxide. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Metals Occupational Health Safety Waste Management
• Keywords:
  Metallurgical-processes Metallurgy Waste-treatment
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISBN:
  9780873390071
• Publisher:
  Metallurgical Society
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article ; Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Oregon ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  ALRC - Albany Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10005222
• Citation:
  Recycle and secondary recovery of metals: proceedings of the International Symposium on Recycle and Secondary Recovery of Metals and the Fall Extractive and Process Metallurgy Meeting, December 1-4, 1985, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Taylor PR, Sohn HY, Jarrett N, eds. Warrendale, PA: Metallurgical Society, 1987 Feb; :771-783
• Editor(s):
  Taylor PR; Sohn HY; Jarrett N
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1987
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Recycle and secondary recovery of metals: proceedings of the International Symposium on Recycle and Secondary Recovery of Metals and the Fall Extractive and Process Metallurgy Meeting, December 1-4, 1985, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:53d172d0ff45f864cd5c5e3a9c86919d6d1df55cdef70d87d4cd3a1449e0c09f997ddd857704d58e8f0cadb57621bfc950113bf9286241035ab30c46384489c2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/219651/cdc_219651_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.72 MB ]