Mercury contaminated waste poses a significant threat to the environment and human health. Industries such as chlorine production and oil and gas exploration often generate mercury-contaminated wastes. These wastes require careful handling due to strict regulations and health and safety concerns.At econ industries, we are committed to providing innovative and effective technology for mercury contaminated waste streams. Our state-of-the-art plants are recognized by regulatory authorities worldwide, ensuring compliance with the highest standards.
Our VacuDry® technology is efficiently able to extract mercury from the waste. The remaining waste, now free of mercury, is disposed of in accordance with environmental regulations. Once elemental mercury is extracted, it can be stabilized by our Mobile Mercury Conversion Unit (MMCU)
Benefits of VacuDry® for Mercury waste plants:
- Environmentally friendly recovery of mercury for safe disposal
- Separately recovered contaminants by fractional condensation
- High temperatures and low vacuum to ensure an in-depth cleaning effect
- Lowest energy consumption
- Emission and dust free system by encapsulated treatment of exhaust vapours and solids
- Suitable for treatment of NORM (Natural Occurring Radioactive Material) waste as well
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Sources: |
By-products from industrial processes, mercury as a catalyst e.g. chlor-alkali electrolysis, contaminated sludge from natural gas drilling, oil and gas NORM waste, residues from fungicidal production, wood impregnation, amalgamation, contaminated production sites and building rubble, oil and gas refineries (catalysts) |
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Input material: |
Sludges with varying viscosities, powders, soil, adsorbents, catalysts, sediments, building rubble |
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Output material: |
Pure liquid mercury (> 97 %, 99.999 % possible), water, solid output with Hg concentrations below 10 ppm |
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Plant design: |
Fixed or mobile execution 0.5 … > 10 t/h throughput capacity |
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Heating system fired by: |
Electricity, biofuels, hydrogen, recovered oil, diesel, natural gas, as well as hybrid systems are available |