Hydrogen chloride has not been detected at all in the tetrachloroethylene off-gas fed into the isomerization reactor – what’s going on?
Thread Content
I saw this in the forum group. Question: When tetrachloroethylene is fed into the heterogenization reactor, with two pumps in operation, hydrogen chloride cannot be detected at either the reactor outlet or in the exhaust gas from the stabilizer tower. What’s going on?
Tetrachloroethylene was injected into the isomerization reactor, where it reacted with the catalysts present there, thereby increasing their activity; it did not react with hydrogen. Hydrogen chloride was not detected at either the reactor outlet or in the exhaust gas from the stabilizer tower.
That shouldn’t be the case; at least there should be exhaust gas at the top of the stabilizer tower. Isn’t the exhaust gas supposed to go into the alkaline scrubber for treatment? Check the chlorine injection pump again, mark the level gauge, and see how much chlorine is actually being injected