US 12,246,364 B2
Treatment of mill scale containing hydrocarbons
Alexander Kehrmann, Münster (DE); and Nico W. Scheeres, Boca Raton, FL (US)
Assigned to AMATEQ HOLDING GMBH, Münster (DE)
Appl. No. 18/003,255
Filed by amaTEQ Holding GmbH, Münster (DE)
PCT Filed Jun. 25, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/067498
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 23, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/260181, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0226581 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. C10B 1/10 (2006.01); B01D 5/00 (2006.01); B01D 46/00 (2022.01); B01D 47/06 (2006.01); B01D 50/60 (2022.01); B09B 3/40 (2022.01); C10B 47/30 (2006.01); C10B 53/00 (2006.01); C10G 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC B09B 3/40 (2022.01) [B01D 5/0072 (2013.01); B01D 46/003 (2013.01); B01D 47/06 (2013.01); B01D 50/60 (2022.01); C10B 1/10 (2013.01); C10B 47/30 (2013.01); C10B 53/00 (2013.01); C10G 1/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A process for treatment of mill scale containing hydrocarbons, wherein the process comprises:
i) adding the mill scale as a feed material into an indirect-fired rotary thermal reactor, wherein the indirect-fired rotary thermal reactor is a multi-zone reactor with at least three different temperature zones;
ii) heating the feed material in an oxygen-deficient atmosphere in each of the at least three temperature zones, wherein:
a. a first temperature zone of the at least three different temperature zones is set to 93-149° C.;
b. a second temperature zone of the at least three different temperature zones is set to 149-315° C.; and
c. a third temperature zone of the at least three different temperature zones is set to 315-538° C.;
iii) passing flue gas from the indirect-fired rotary thermal reactor through a pre-treatment duct, wherein the pre-treatment duct comprises an oil spray, wherein the oil spray is at a temperature of 120-150° C. and a velocity of the spray is at least 10000 fpm;
iv passing vapour from the pre-treatment duct through a two-stage recovery unit comprising a first stage and a second stage, wherein:
the first stage comprises an oil recovering assembly, the oil recovering assembly comprising an oil-based ejector style scrubber, a coalescing oil filtration unit, an oil mixing tank, a cooling unit, and an oil circulation assembly; wherein the vapour from the pre-treatment duct enters the oil-based ejector style scrubber; condensed liquid from the oil-based ejector style scrubber enters the coalescing oil filtration unit; and oil separated in the coalescing oil filtration unit enters the oil mixing tank; and
the second stage comprises an oil and water condensing unit, wherein the oil and water condensing unit comprises a water-based ejector style scrubber, a water cooling and circulation assembly, and an oil and water collection tank with an oil-water separator; wherein the vapour from the oil-based ejector style scrubber of the first stage enters the water-based ejector style scrubber of the second stage; and
condensed liquid from the water-based ejector style scrubber enters the oil and water collection tank;
v) passing the vapour from the water-based ejector style scrubber through a coalescing oil filtration system; and
vi) passing the vapour from the coalescing oil filtration system to a combustion chamber of the indirect-fired rotary thermal reactor.