Hydrochloric Acid Recovery System
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Beta uses vacuum evaporation to filter contaminants and to concentrate spent hydrochloric acid for reuse. Our recovery system works continuously to maintain your acid at its optimum concentration and purity.
- Reduces acid consumption & pickling times, quick return on investment
- Environmentally safe vacuum process for a clean, safe work area
- Unique heat exchange reduces energy required
- Compact design integrates into existing facilities
- Remote monitoring of system operation with a smartphone app
Operation Diagram
Operation steps
A pump forces waste acid through a Pre-filter and into the evaporator loop, comprised of the Evaporator exchanger and the Separator tank. In the evaporator loop, spent acid is pumped under slight pressure through a corrosion-proof heat exchanger.
The spent acid solution is heated past the boiling temperature of both acid and water. Once the solution is released into our controlled vacuum environment, both the hydrochloric acid and water vaporize in our unique “co-flash” reactor.
The HCl and water vapors travel upward through the liquid/vapor Separator and into the Rectifier. The remaining metal salt solution (metals + H2O) continues to circulate through the pressurized boiling loop until it reaches a specific concentration and is discharged to a storage tank.
In the Rectifier, the concentration of acid is controlled to return excellent quality, re-concentrated acid to the process tank. The remaining water vapor, stripped of acid, continues its journey into the Condenser where it is sub-cooled and condensed to good quality water. This water is typically reused in the process.
Flow Diagrams
