Another route to detoxify PCB (polychlorinated biphenyl)-contaminated fluids has been announced

Journal Article · Mon Sep 22 00:00:00 EDT 1980 · Chem. Eng. (N.Y.); (United States)

OSTI ID:6356223

Another route to detoxify PCB (polychlorinated biphenyl)-contaminated fluids has been announced by SunOhio Co., a joint venture of Sun Co. Inc. (20%) and Ohio Transformer Corp. (80%) The new technique, called PCBX, can be used for the destruction of PCB's or for the decontamination of electrical transformer and capacitor fluids. Like the method announced recently by Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., PCBX uses an unspecified, commercially available reagent to remove chlorine from the PCB molecule, but no distillation for reagent-solvent separation is required. According to SunOhio, which has applied for a patent and will not disclose process details, PCBX is performed in a totally enclosed liquid system at very low temperatures and pressures. In tests, PCB levels have been reduced from 1000 to 1 ppm in one pass. In fluids contaminated with PCB at 1000-10,000 ppm, PCBX reduced the levels to about 50 ppm on the first pass and to below detectable levels on the second.

• OSTI ID: 6356223
• Journal Information: Chem. Eng. (N.Y.); (United States), Journal Name: Chem. Eng. (N.Y.); (United States) Vol. 87:19; ISSN CHEEA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
400301* -- Organic Chemistry-- Chemical & Physicochemical Properties-- (-1987)
AROMATICS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
CHLORINE
CLEANING
DATA
DECOMPOSITION
DECONTAMINATION
DETOXIFICATION
DOCUMENT TYPES
ELEMENTS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
HALOGENS
INDUSTRY
INFORMATION
INSULATING OILS
JOINT VENTURES
NONMETALS
NUMERICAL DATA
OILS
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PATENTS
REMOVAL
TECHNOLOGY UTILIZATION
TESTING