Orbite Technologies Inc EORBF

RE:RE:From The PWC web site.

[schrodingerscat]

no accident,just a well thought out avoidance of reality.

hydrochloric acid is easily handled at low temperatures, certain plastics work fine for containment and transport.

heat it up beyond the limits of the plastics and the problems start for example what happens in the calciner.
the calciner is made of some type of high temperature insulating brick,the heat is supplied by electrical heater elements encased in metal tubes or exposed directly (unlikely but possible).

the metal/alloy heater elements/tubes are eaten away by the very hot wet acid gas.
the more acid in the feed the quicker the damage,so the reasoning behind the idea to add a step before the calciner to remove more of the acid at a temperature that plastic can handle.

the wear on the heater elements will be slower but it will still happen leading to regular shutdowns to replace elements/tubes.
the metal from the heaters also contaminates the product adding iron molybdenum carbon whatever the heaters are made of.
i don't know what the bricks are made of but maybe aluminum oxide.

wet hydrogen chloride is the most corrosive mofo known no metals can resist it at room temperature nevermind 400F or whatever that oven operates at.
Iridium is one that is better than all the rest but it is 800-1000 dollars an ounce,possibilities exist, maybe plate the tubes with it,but probably flake off.

seems all the "smart" people just swept this issue under the carpet.

the supplier of the equipment has never used these techniques before but the science of very hot wet hydrogen chloride gas is well understood ,it's evil.
now the idea of preheating the feed to "reduce" the amount of acid by vaporizing it for removal before it hits the calciner,will just increase the  interval between shut downs.

it all looked good at bench scale and low temperature but in the backs of thier minds they knew it would never work at a profit and lower risk than present methods.

lots of "companies" like this,feeding on peoples hopes and dreams,blood to a vampire.