Patent ID: 8057578
Filing Date: 2011-11-15
Classification: C02F,C10L,F23G,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A method for treating water, comprising: contacting a first effluent comprising water, one or more thermally destructible contaminants, and one or more thermally indestructible contaminants with steam, to provide a second effluent comprising the steam and at least a portion of the one or more thermally indestructible contaminants and an intermediate comprising the water and at least a portion of the one or more thermally destructible contaminants; treating the second effluent within an acid recovery unit; contacting the intermediate with one or more oxidants to provide a third effluent comprising the one or more oxidants and at least a portion of the one or more thermally destructible contaminants and a fourth effluent comprising water; and destructing the thermally destructible contaminants present in the third effluent using one or more combustion processes.