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CN206318819U CN201621475958.7U CN201621475958U CN206318819U CN 206318819 U CN206318819 U CN 206318819U CN 201621475958 U CN201621475958 U CN 201621475958U CN 206318819 U CN206318819 U CN 206318819U
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本实用新型公开了一种电解法处理脱硫废水的装置,属于化工设备领域。该装置由脱硫废水预处理装置、电解装置和氯气冷凝器组成;所述脱硫废水预处理装置由湿式洗涤器、中和箱、混合箱、絮凝箱、斜板澄清器组成;所述电解装置由电解槽、鼓泡反应器、鼓风机组成,其中,电解槽分为阳极室和阴极室,阳极室内设有阳极板,阴极室内设有阴极板,阳极室与阴极室通过离子交换膜隔开。该装置采用耗氧阴极技术,阴极不产生氢气,降低了阴极的放电电位,电耗减少明显,有显著的经济效益;电解系统原理简单,可以在原有基础上改造,且改造成本低,装置运行条件要求低。

The utility model discloses a device for treating desulfurization wastewater by electrolysis, which belongs to the field of chemical equipment. The device is composed of a desulfurization wastewater pretreatment device, an electrolysis device and a chlorine condenser; the desulfurization wastewater pretreatment device is composed of a wet scrubber, a neutralization tank, a mixing tank, a flocculation tank, and an inclined plate clarifier; the electrolysis device is composed of Composed of an electrolytic cell, a bubbling reactor and a blower, the electrolytic cell is divided into an anode chamber and a cathode chamber, the anode chamber is provided with an anode plate, the cathode chamber is provided with a cathode plate, and the anode chamber and the cathode chamber are separated by an ion exchange membrane. The device adopts oxygen-consuming cathode technology, the cathode does not produce hydrogen, the discharge potential of the cathode is reduced, the power consumption is significantly reduced, and there are significant economic benefits; the principle of the electrolysis system is simple, and can be modified on the original basis, and the modification cost is low. The requirements are low.

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一种电解法处理脱硫废水的装置A device for treating desulfurization wastewater by electrolysis

技术领域technical field

本实用新型属于化工设备领域,具体涉及一种电解法处理脱硫废水的装置。The utility model belongs to the field of chemical equipment, in particular to a device for treating desulfurization wastewater by electrolysis.

背景技术Background technique

湿式石灰石石膏法烟气脱硫是我国当前燃煤电站锅炉烟气脱硫的主流工艺,为了维持脱硫系统安全稳定运行、保证石膏产品质量和保证脱硫效率,需要控制浆液中C1-浓度,一般要求低于20g/L,因此需定期排放大量废水。脱硫系统排放的废水呈弱酸性,含有大量悬浮物、微量重金属离子及氯、氟、硫酸根离子等。尤其是氯离子能与绝大多数金属离子形成可溶性盐类,普通处理技术难以从水中去除氯离子,对WFGD系统的维护和运行产生较大的影响。Wet limestone gypsum flue gas desulfurization is the mainstream process for flue gas desulfurization of coal-fired power plant boilers in my country. In order to maintain the safe and stable operation of the desulfurization system, ensure the quality of gypsum products and ensure the desulfurization efficiency, it is necessary to control the concentration of C1- in the slurry. The general requirement is less than 20g/L, so a large amount of wastewater needs to be discharged regularly. The wastewater discharged from the desulfurization system is weakly acidic and contains a large amount of suspended solids, trace heavy metal ions and chlorine, fluorine, sulfate ions, etc. In particular, chloride ions can form soluble salts with most metal ions. Common treatment technologies are difficult to remove chloride ions from water, which has a great impact on the maintenance and operation of the WFGD system.

目前,国内外发电厂对脱硫废水一般进行如下几种处理方式:1)将脱硫废水与浓缩形成的副产品石膏混合后排至灰场;2)通过电除尘器与空气预热器之间的烟道蒸发;3)采用单独的废水处理系统处理后排放或回用;4)电渗析或反渗透;5)采用多效蒸发、膜蒸馏和分子蒸馏等技术;6)此外还有流化床法、膜分离法、离子交换法和电絮凝法等。At present, power plants at home and abroad generally carry out the following treatment methods for desulfurization wastewater: 1) mix the desulfurization wastewater with the by-product gypsum formed by concentration and then discharge it to the ash yard; 3) Discharge or reuse after treatment by a separate wastewater treatment system; 4) Electrodialysis or reverse osmosis; 5) Multi-effect evaporation, membrane distillation and molecular distillation technologies; 6) In addition, there are fluidized bed methods , membrane separation method, ion exchange method and electrocoagulation method, etc.

通过蒸发结晶、膜蒸馏和分子蒸馏等技术,可将脱硫废水中的水与氯盐、钙盐分离,处理后的产物为氯化钠和硫酸钙的混盐,经济利用价值低,而且设备投资大、工艺生产过程复杂、运行成本极高。因此,需要开发一种成本低,可以在原有设备基础上改造的装置。Through evaporation crystallization, membrane distillation and molecular distillation, the water in desulfurization wastewater can be separated from chloride salt and calcium salt, and the processed product is mixed salt of sodium chloride and calcium sulfate, which has low economic value and equipment investment Large, complex production process, high operating costs. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a low-cost device that can be modified on the basis of existing equipment.

实用新型内容Utility model content

本实用新型针对现有脱硫废水处理设备的不足,提供了一种电解法处理脱硫废水的装置,其特征在于,该装置由脱硫废水预处理装置、电解装置和氯气冷凝器组成;所述脱硫废水预处理装置由湿式洗涤器、中和箱、混合箱、絮凝箱、斜板澄清器组成;所述电解装置由电解槽、鼓泡反应器、鼓风机组成;所述电解槽分为阳极室和阴极室,阳极室内设有阳极板,阴极室内设有阴极板,鼓泡反应器位于阴极室的阴极板附近,鼓风机位于电解槽外通过鼓风机气体进口与鼓泡反应器相连,阳极室与阴极室通过离子交换膜隔开;所述湿式洗涤器的出水口与中和箱相连,中和箱与混合箱、絮凝箱依次相连,絮凝箱的出水口与斜板澄清器相连,斜板澄清器的溢流液出口与电解槽的阳极室的进水口相连;电解槽的阳极室的气体出口与氯气冷凝器相连。Aiming at the deficiency of the existing desulfurization wastewater treatment equipment, the utility model provides a device for treating desulfurization wastewater by electrolysis, which is characterized in that the device is composed of a desulfurization wastewater pretreatment device, an electrolysis device and a chlorine condenser; the desulfurization wastewater The pretreatment device is composed of a wet scrubber, a neutralization tank, a mixing tank, a flocculation tank, and an inclined plate clarifier; the electrolysis device is composed of an electrolytic cell, a bubbling reactor, and a blower; the electrolytic cell is divided into an anode chamber and a cathode chamber. The anode chamber is equipped with an anode plate, the cathode chamber is equipped with a cathode plate, the bubbling reactor is located near the cathode plate of the cathode chamber, the blower is located outside the electrolytic cell and connected to the bubbling reactor through the blower gas inlet, the anode chamber and the cathode chamber separated by ion exchange membranes; the water outlet of the wet scrubber is connected to the neutralization tank, the neutralization tank is connected to the mixing tank and the flocculation tank in turn, the water outlet of the flocculation tank is connected to the inclined plate clarifier, and the overflow of the inclined plate clarifier The liquid outlet is connected with the water inlet of the anode chamber of the electrolytic cell; the gas outlet of the anode chamber of the electrolytic cell is connected with the chlorine condenser.

所述中和箱、混合箱、絮凝箱为三个独立设备或中和、混合、絮凝三联箱。The neutralization box, the mixing box and the flocculation box are three independent equipment or a triple box of neutralization, mixing, and flocculation.

所述电解槽的阳极室有一个或多个脱硫废水进口,一个或多个脱盐废水出口,一个或多个气体出口;电解槽的阴极室设有一个或多个碱液进口,一个或多个碱液出口,一个鼓风机气体进口,一个废气出口。The anode chamber of the electrolyzer has one or more desulfurization waste water inlets, one or more desalination waste water outlets, and one or more gas outlets; the cathode chamber of the electrolyzer is provided with one or more lye inlets, one or more An outlet for lye, an inlet for blower gas, and an outlet for waste gas.

所述阳极板为钌系涂层钛电极,所述阴极板为ODC微孔氧催化电极。The anode plate is a ruthenium-based coated titanium electrode, and the cathode plate is an ODC microporous oxygen catalytic electrode.

电解槽采用多对阳极板与多对阴极板并联的方式,阳极板与阴极板之间间距可调。The electrolytic cell adopts the method of parallel connection of multiple pairs of anode plates and multiple pairs of cathode plates, and the distance between the anode plates and the cathode plates is adjustable.

所述离子交换膜为阳离子交换膜。The ion exchange membrane is a cation exchange membrane.

对电解槽通电后,通过溶液中的氯离子的氧化反应,实现分离,形成分子氯,作为一种气体在电解池的阳极板逸出。氧化反应的过程如下:After the electrolytic cell is energized, the separation is realized through the oxidation reaction of chloride ions in the solution to form molecular chlorine, which escapes as a gas at the anode plate of the electrolytic cell. The process of oxidation reaction is as follows:

2Cl-(aq)-2e-=Cl2(g) E0=1.36V (1)2Cl - (aq) -2e - =Cl 2 (g) E 0 =1.36V (1)

阴极还原反应的过程如下:The process of cathodic reduction reaction is as follows:

O2(g)+4H+(aq)+4e-=2H2O E0=1.23V (2)O 2 (g)+4H + (aq)+4e - =2H 2 OE 0 =1.23V (2)

本实用新型的优点在于:该装置采用耗氧阴极技术,阴极不产生氢气,降低了阴极的放电电位,电耗减少明显,有显著的经济效益;电解系统原理简单,可以在原有基础上改造,且改造成本低,装置运行条件要求低。The utility model has the advantages that: the device adopts oxygen-consuming cathode technology, the cathode does not generate hydrogen gas, the discharge potential of the cathode is reduced, the power consumption is significantly reduced, and there are significant economic benefits; the principle of the electrolysis system is simple, and can be modified on the original basis, Moreover, the transformation cost is low, and the requirements for the operating conditions of the device are low.

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图1为电解法处理脱硫废水的装置示意图。Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of a device for electrolytic treatment of desulfurization wastewater.

具体实施方式detailed description

本实用新型提供了一种电解法处理脱硫废水的装置,下面结合附图和实施例对本发明作进一步说明。The utility model provides a device for treating desulfurization wastewater by electrolysis. The invention will be further described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and embodiments.

如图1所示一种电解法处理脱硫废水的装置,该装置由脱硫废水预处理装置、电解装置和氯气冷凝器组成;所述脱硫废水预处理装置由湿式洗涤器9、中和箱10、混合箱11、絮凝箱12、斜板澄清器13组成;所述电解装置由电解槽1、鼓泡反应器7、鼓风机8组成;所述电解槽分为阳极室2和阴极室3,阳极室2内设有阳极板5,阴极室3内设有阴极板6,鼓泡反应器7位于阴极室的阴极板6附近,鼓风机8位于电解槽1外通过鼓风机气体进口与鼓泡反应器7相连,阳极室2与阴极室3通过离子交换膜4隔开;所述湿式洗涤器9的出水口与中和箱10相连,中和箱10与混合箱11、絮凝箱12依次相连,絮凝箱12的出水口与斜板澄清器13相连,斜板澄清器13的溢流液出口与电解槽的阳极室2的进水口相连;电解槽的阳极室2的气体出口与氯气冷凝器14相连。As shown in Figure 1, a device for electrolytically treating desulfurization wastewater is composed of a desulfurization wastewater pretreatment device, an electrolysis device and a chlorine condenser; the desulfurization wastewater pretreatment device consists of a wet scrubber 9, a neutralization tank 10, The mixing box 11, the flocculation box 12, and the inclined plate clarifier 13 are composed; the electrolysis device is composed of an electrolysis cell 1, a bubbling reactor 7, and a blower 8; the electrolysis cell is divided into an anode chamber 2 and a cathode chamber 3, and the anode chamber 2 is provided with an anode plate 5, the cathode chamber 3 is provided with a cathode plate 6, the bubbling reactor 7 is located near the cathode plate 6 in the cathode chamber, and the blower 8 is located outside the electrolytic cell 1 and connected to the bubbling reactor 7 through the gas inlet of the blower , the anode chamber 2 is separated from the cathode chamber 3 by the ion exchange membrane 4; the water outlet of the wet scrubber 9 is connected to the neutralization tank 10, and the neutralization tank 10 is connected to the mixing tank 11 and the flocculation tank 12 successively, and the flocculation tank 12 The water outlet is connected with the inclined plate clarifier 13, and the overflow liquid outlet of the inclined plate clarifier 13 is connected with the water inlet of the anode chamber 2 of the electrolytic cell; the gas outlet of the anode chamber 2 of the electrolytic cell is connected with the chlorine condenser 14.

将湿式洗涤器9内的脱硫废水泵入中和箱10中,在中和箱10内添加NaOH溶液,调节pH值至8-9。Pump the desulfurization wastewater in the wet scrubber 9 into the neutralization tank 10, add NaOH solution in the neutralization tank 10, and adjust the pH value to 8-9.

中和后的脱硫废水进入混合箱11中,在混合箱11内投加三巯基三唪钠盐,投加量为7-8mg/L,以除去脱硫废水中Cr3+、Hg2+、Cd2+等重金属离子。The neutralized desulfurization wastewater enters the mixing tank 11, and trimercapto trisulfide sodium salt is added in the mixing tank 11 at a dosage of 7-8 mg/L to remove Cr 3+ , Hg 2+ , and Cd in the desulfurization wastewater. 2+ and other heavy metal ions.

使去除部分重金属离子的脱硫废水进入絮凝箱12中,在絮凝箱12内投加硫酸氯铁(商品名PFS)和聚丙烯酰胺(商品名PAM),投加量分别为PFS 20-30mg/L,PAM 2-3mg/L,PFS和PAM的配合使用,可使已结晶析出的无机盐、重金属络合物及SS的细小絮凝物积聚成为较大颗粒,在废水进入澄清器后絮凝沉降。The desulfurization waste water that removes part of the heavy metal ions enters the flocculation box 12, and ferric chloride sulfate (trade name PFS) and polyacrylamide (trade name PAM) are added in the flocculation box 12, and the dosage is PFS 20-30mg/L respectively , PAM 2-3mg/L, the combined use of PFS and PAM can make the crystallized inorganic salts, heavy metal complexes and SS fine flocs accumulate into larger particles, and flocculate and settle after the wastewater enters the clarifier.

絮凝后的脱硫废水溢流进入斜板澄清器13进行澄清,其中,上清液作为预处理工艺出水泵入电解槽1的阳极室2内进行电解处理。The flocculated desulfurization wastewater overflows into the inclined plate clarifier 13 for clarification, wherein the supernatant is pumped into the anode chamber 2 of the electrolytic cell 1 as the effluent of the pretreatment process for electrolytic treatment.

将预处理后的脱硫废水泵入到电解槽1的阳极室2内,同时将浓度为0.5mol/L的氢氧化钠溶液泵入到电解槽1的阴极室3内,其中,所述脱硫废水和所述氢氧化钠溶液分别灌满阳极室2和阴极室3。之后,向电解槽1中通入直流电并控制电流为3A,通过电解而在所述电解槽1的阳极室2内获得脱盐水。The pretreated desulfurization wastewater is pumped into the anode chamber 2 of the electrolytic cell 1, and at the same time, a sodium hydroxide solution with a concentration of 0.5 mol/L is pumped into the cathode chamber 3 of the electrolytic cell 1, wherein the desulfurization wastewater Fill the anode chamber 2 and the cathode chamber 3 with the sodium hydroxide solution respectively. Afterwards, direct current is passed into the electrolytic cell 1 and the current is controlled to be 3A, and desalted water is obtained in the anode chamber 2 of the electrolytic cell 1 through electrolysis.

在电解过程中,通过鼓泡反应器7将来自鼓风机8的空气通入阴极室3内的阴极板5附近,以增加所述阴极板附近的溶解氧含量,并发生还原反应生成水。During the electrolysis process, the air from the blower 8 is passed into the vicinity of the cathode plate 5 in the cathode chamber 3 through the bubbling reactor 7, so as to increase the dissolved oxygen content near the cathode plate, and a reduction reaction occurs to generate water.

脱硫废水电解时在阳极室的阳极板3处产生的氯气通过气体出口进入氯气液化器14进行液化储存。Chlorine gas produced at the anode plate 3 of the anode chamber during electrolysis of desulfurization wastewater enters the chlorine gas liquefier 14 through the gas outlet for liquefied storage.

最后,阳极室2内获得脱盐水作为回用水回流到湿式洗涤器9中,用作湿式洗涤的用水。Finally, the desalted water obtained in the anode chamber 2 is returned to the wet scrubber 9 as recycled water to be used as water for wet scrubbing.

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1. a kind of electrolysis handles the device of desulfurization wastewater, it is characterised in that the device is by desulfurization wastewater pretreatment unit, electrolysis Device and chlorine condenser composition;The desulfurization wastewater pretreatment unit by wet scrubber, neutralize case, blending bin, flocculation tanks, Cantboard clarifier is constituted;The electrolysis unit by electrolytic cell, bubbling reactor, blower unit into;The electrolytic cell is divided into anode It is provided with room and cathode chamber, anode chamber in positive plate, cathode chamber and is provided with minus plate, bubbling reactor is located at the minus plate of cathode chamber Near, air blower is located at outside electrolytic cell and is connected by blower gas import with bubbling reactor, and anode chamber passes through with cathode chamber Amberplex is separated;The delivery port of the wet scrubber is connected with neutralizing case, neutralizes case and blending bin, flocculation tanks successively phase Even, the delivery port of flocculation tanks is connected with cantboard clarifier, and the overflow box outlet of cantboard clarifier and the anode chamber of electrolytic cell are entered The mouth of a river is connected;The gas vent of the anode chamber of electrolytic cell is connected with chlorine condenser.
2. a kind of electrolysis according to claim 1 handles the device of desulfurization wastewater, it is characterised in that the neutralization case, Blending bin, flocculation tanks are three autonomous devices or neutralization, mixing, three headers of flocculation.
3. a kind of electrolysis according to claim 1 handles the device of desulfurization wastewater, it is characterised in that the electrolytic cell There are one or more desulfurization wastewater imports, one or more desalinization wastewater outlets, one or more gas vents in anode chamber;Electrolysis The cathode chamber of groove be provided with one or more lye imports, one or more lye exports, a blower gas import, one give up Gas is exported.
4. a kind of electrolysis according to claim 1 handles the device of desulfurization wastewater, it is characterised in that the positive plate is Ruthenium system coated titanium electrode, the minus plate is ODC micropore oxygen catalysis electrodes.
5. a kind of electrolysis according to claim 1 handles the device of desulfurization wastewater, it is characterised in that electrolytic cell is using more The mode in parallel with multipair minus plate to positive plate, spacing is adjustable between positive plate and minus plate.
6. a kind of electrolysis according to claim 1 handles the device of desulfurization wastewater, it is characterised in that the ion exchange Film is cation-exchange membrane.
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