METHOD OF UTILISATION OF SOLID MERCURY-CONTAINING WASTES AND DEVICE FOR ITS REALISATION Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC C22B43/00 C22B7/00 

FIELD: chemistry.

SUBSTANCE: group of inventions relates to utilisation of solid mercury-containing wastes, in particular fluorescent lamps. A method of utilisation of solid mercury-containing wastes includes an oxidation stage with further stand, processing a wastes mixture with a demercurised solution of an alkali metal polysulfide with further stand of the reaction mixture. Wastes are divided into two parts. One part, which contains crushed wastes, is processed with an oxidant, and then with a demercurised iodine-alcohol solution or a sodium sulfide solution. The second part of wastes in the form of aeromixture is passed through a nanoporous carbon sorbent NCMS-J. A device for utilisation of mercury-containing wastes contains a unit of loading and crushing, a purification unit and an aeromixture unit. The purification unit is made in the form of a truncated cone, connected by means of a flange to a cylindrical reservoir with a perforated screw, provided with a valve for the solution discharge, and an upper part of the perforated screw is provided with an unloading flange for discharge into a storage hopper. The aeromixture unit is made in the form of a column type adsorber with the nanoporous carbon sorbent NCMS-J.

EFFECT: ensuring reduction of mercury vapour concentration in air and water extract to TLV level, neutralisation of solid wastes of compact fluorescent lamps to IV class of hazard.

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