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Removal of corrosive impurities by water washing of the oil in the benzol division

Journal Article · · Coke Chem. USSR (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:6435299

In the process of recovery of benzene hydrocarbons the wash oil absorbs gaseous compounds from the coke oven gas: hydrogen cyanide, hydrogen sulfide and ammonia. These substances, and also the products of their reaction, are sources of corrosion of equipment, and polymerization of unstable organic compounds with formation of high-carbon compounds. The wastewaters from the benzol divisions introduce a significant quantity of toxic impurities into the general coking plant wastewater. The corrosive impurities are removed from the recycled wash oil by washing it with water, on the basis of the higher solubility of the impurities in water than in the wash oil. However, quantitative data on the comparative solubility of the impurities are not available. In order to evaluate the possibility of extracting corrosive inpurities from the wash oil with water, the distribution coefficients of the gases and their reaction products absorbed by the oil (ammonium thiocyanate and ammonium cyanide) between the oils and the water were determined. 7 references, 2 tables.

OSTI ID:
6435299
Journal Information:
Coke Chem. USSR (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Coke Chem. USSR (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 6; ISSN COKCA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English