Patent ID: 6325967
Filing Date: 2001-12-04
Classification: B01D,F23G

Abstract:
A process for the destruction of volatile organic compound(s) comprising: heating said compound(s) in a first furnace by gradually increasing temperatures therein to levels at least adequate to effect evaporation of the compound(s) under conditions which do not support the combustion of said compound(s); said compound(s) being in the form of residues in a closed container, with said container being positioned in said first furnace prior to said heating step; connecting the interior of said container directly to a system capable of conducting said vapors generated by the heating step from the interior of the container into a second furnace and incinerating said vapors in the second furnace in the presence of sufficient oxygen as to support the combustion of said vapors; said process including the further steps of supplying inert gas under pressure to the interior of said container and then releasing the pressurized inert gas into said second furnace by way of said system prior to effecting the heating step whereby to ensure against leakage of said vapors into the interior of said first furnace during said heating step.