Process and device for continuous treatment of high-concentration organic wastewater

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11767232-B2
Application number	US-202117367642-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 6, 2021
Priority date	Dec 25, 2019
Publication date	Sep 26, 2023
Grant date	Sep 26, 2023

Abstract

The present invention provides a process for continuous treatment of high-concentration organic wastewater and a device for continuous treatment of high-concentration organic wastewater. The process of the present application is that: high-concentration organic wastewater is continuously separated through the synergistic interaction of a multilayer evaporator and a heat pump, and the generated wastewater steam containing light components is continuously subjected to desulfurization and catalytic combustion after being mixed with air in a gaseous form, the treated wastewater can meet discharge standards, and heavy components of the generated wastewater can be recycled. After the desulfurizing agent in a first desulfurizer and the catalyst in a first catalytic combustor are deactivated, the generated wastewater steam containing the light components can be switched to a second desulfurizer and a second catalytic combustor for reaction, and air can be introduced into the deactivated catalyst and desulfurizing agent for in-situ regeneration at a high temperature.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A process for continuous treatment of high-concentration organic wastewater, comprising the following steps:
step 1 , separation of high-concentration organic wastewater: transporting high-concentration organic wastewater to a multilayer evaporator ( 4 ) by utilizing a feeding pump ( 1 ), wherein the high-concentration organic wastewater passes through a liquid flowmeter ( 3 ); evaporating and separating the high-concentration organic wastewater to vaporize organic light components and water in high-concentration organic wastewater to form wastewater steam containing light components by utilizing the multilayer evaporator ( 4 ); extracting the generated wastewater steam containing the light components from a heat pump ( 5 ) through a top outlet of the multilayer evaporator ( 4 ); and discharging heavy components of the multilayer evaporated wastewater from a second valve ( 22 ) through a bottom outlet of the multilayer evaporator ( 4 );
step 2 , purification of the wastewater steam containing the light components: sequentially flowing the wastewater steam containing the light components through a cold fluid channel of a heat exchanger ( 6 ) and a first preheater ( 7 ) to heat the wastewater steam containing the light components; introducing the wastewater steam containing the light components into a first desulfurizer ( 8 ) together with air; performing a first desulfurization reaction on the wastewater steam containing the light components in present of air to form a first desulfurized tail gas; discharging the first desulfurized tail gas from a bottom of the first desulfurizer ( 8 ) and flowing the first desulfurized tail gas into a first catalytic combustor ( 9 ); performing a purification reaction on the first desulfurized tail gas to form a first purified high-temperature steam; and flowing the first purified high-temperature steam into a hot fluid channel of the heat exchanger ( 6 ) for heat exchange, wherein the first purified high-temperature steam heats the multilayer evaporator ( 4 ) as a heat source, and is discharged as purified water after heat exchange and condensation; and
step 3 , regeneration of a desulfurizing agent included in the first desulfurizer ( 8 ) and a catalyst included in the first catalytic combustor ( 9 ): switching the wastewater steam containing the light components to a second reaction route after the desulfurizing agent in the first desulfurizer ( 8 ) and the catalyst in the first catalytic combustor ( 9 ) are deactivated; flowing the wastewater steam containing the light components into a second desulfurizer ( 10 ) at first together with air; performing a second desulfurization reaction on the wastewater steam containing the light components in present of air to form a second desulfurized tail gas; flowing the second desulfurized tail gas into a second catalytic combustor ( 11 ); performing a purification reaction on the second desulfurized tail gas to form a second purified high-temperature steam; flowing the second purified high-temperature steam into the hot fluid channel of the heat exchanger ( 6 ), wherein the second purified high-temperature steam heats the multilayer evaporator ( 4 ) as a heat source; and introducing air into the first desulfurizer ( 8 ) and the first catalytic combustor ( 9 ) respectively for regeneration and activation of the desulfurizing agent and the catalyst at 500-600° C. and forming a regenerated tail gas, and the regenerated tail gas discharged from the first desulfurizer ( 8 ) and the first catalytic combustor ( 9 ) is merged and purified centralizedly.

2. The process for continuous treatment of high-concentration organic wastewater as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the vacuum in the multilayer evaporator ( 4 ) is maintained by operation of the heat pump ( 5 ), and the absolute pressure for evaporation and separation in the multilayer evaporator ( 4 ) is 80-100 kPa.

3. The process for continuous treatment of high-concentration organic wastewater as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first preheater ( 7 ) performs heating by electric heating or electromagnetic heating with a heating temperature of 200-400° C.

4. The process for continuous treatment of high-concentration organic wastewater as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first desulfurizer ( 8 ) or the second desulfurizer ( 10 ) performs heating by electric heating or electromagnetic heating, the temperature for the desulfurization reaction is 200-400° C., and the desulfurizing agent filled in the first desulfurizer ( 8 ) and the second desulfurizer ( 10 ) is zinc oxide, magnesium oxide, ferric oxide or calcium oxide.

5. The process for continuous treatment of high-concentration organic wastewater as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first catalytic combustor ( 9 ) or the second catalytic combustor ( 11 ) performs heating by electric heating or electromagnetic heating, the temperature for the purification reaction is 200-400° C., and the catalyst filled in the first catalytic combustor ( 9 ) and the second catalytic combustor ( 11 ) is a platinum alumina catalyst, a platinum rare earth catalyst, a platinum silica catalyst or a platinum barium sulfate catalyst.

6. A device used by the process for continuous treatment of high-concentration organic wastewater as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the device includes the feeding pump ( 1 ), the liquid flowmeter ( 3 ), the multilayer evaporator ( 4 ), the heat pump ( 5 ), the heat exchanger ( 6 ), the first preheater ( 7 ), the first desulfurizer ( 8 ), the first catalytic combustor ( 9 ), the second desulfurizer ( 10 ) and the second catalytic combustor ( 11 ), wherein the first desulfurizer ( 8 ) and the second desulfurizer ( 10 ) are arranged in parallel, and the first catalytic combustor ( 9 ) and the second catalytic combustor ( 11 ) are arranged in parallel;
an upper inlet of the multilayer evaporator ( 4 ) is connected with the feeding pump ( 1 ) through the liquid flowmeter ( 3 ) by pipelines, the top outlet of the multilayer evaporator ( 4 ) is connected with an inlet of the first preheater ( 7 ) through the heat pump ( 5 ) and a cold fluid channel of the heat exchanger ( 6 ) by pipelines;
an outlet of the first preheater ( 7 ) is divided into two paths, one path of the outlet of the first preheater ( 7 ) is connected with a top of the first desulfurizer ( 8 ) through a fifth valve ( 25 ) by pipelines, and the other path of the outlet of the first preheater ( 7 ) is connected with a top of the second desulfurizer ( 10 ) through a sixth valve ( 26 ) by pipelines;
a bottom outlet of the first desulfurizer ( 8 ) is divided into two paths, one path of the bottom outlet of the first desulfurizer ( 8 ) discharges the regenerated tail gas through an eighth valve ( 28 ), and the other path of the bottom outlet of the first desulfurizer ( 8 ) is connected with a top of the first catalytic combustor ( 9 ) through a seventh valve ( 27 ) by pipelines;
a bottom outlet of the second desulfurizer ( 10 ) is divided into two paths, one path of the bottom outlet of the second desulfurizer ( 10 ) discharges the regenerated tail gas through a ninth valve ( 29 ), and the other path of the bottom outlet of the second desulfurizer ( 10 ) is connected with a top of the second catalytic combustor ( 11 ) through a tenth valve ( 210 ) by pipelines;
an inlet of a hot fluid channel of the heat exchanger ( 6 ) is divided into two paths, one path of the inlet of the hot fluid channel of the heat exchanger ( 6 ) is connected with a bottom outlet of the first catalytic combustor ( 9 ) through an eleventh valve ( 211 ) by pipelines, the other path of the inlet of the hot fluid channel of the heat exchanger ( 6 ) is connected with a bottom outlet of the second catalytic combustor ( 11 ) through a fourteenth valve ( 214 ) by pipelines, and high-temperature steam

Assignees

• Univ Zhejiang Technology

Inventors

• Nie Yong
• Yu Shangzhi
• Liang Xiaojiang
• Xie Qinglong
• Wu Zhenyu
• Bai Jianfeng

Classifications

• C02F1/048 Primary

  Purification of waste water by evaporation · CPC title

• B01D53/48

  Sulfur compounds · CPC title

• B01D53/81

  Solid phase processes · CPC title

• B01D53/96

  Regeneration, reactivation or recycling of reactants · CPC title

• B01J23/96

  of catalysts comprising metals, oxides or hydroxides of the noble metals · CPC title