INSTALLATION FOR PRODUCTION OF ZINC OXIDE Russian patent published in 1996 - IPC

FIELD: chemical industry. SUBSTANCE: installation for production of zinc oxide uses a device for zinc melting and a device for oxidation of its vapors with appliances for air supply, is furnished with a recuperator, is featured by the fact that with the aim of mechanization and automation of the process, saving of raw material and fuel, more complete cleaning of waste gases it is provided with an evaporator installed past the melting device and connected to it through a zinc vapor header; connecting the evaporator to the oxidation device; appliances for air supply are made in the form of tangential nozzles positioned at an angle to the flow of vapors in several rows in chamber length. The device for zinc evaporation is made in the form of a rectifying tower. EFFECT: enhanced reliability of equipment.