REFRIGERANT DISPOSAL

摘要

A SYSTEM FOR THE IN SITU DESTRUCTION OF COMPRESSIBLE REFRIGERANT FROM A REFRIGERANT CONTAINING APPARATUS INCLUDES A REFRIGERANT RECOVERY APPARATUS (30) FOR RECEIVING REFRIGERANT FROM THE REFRIGERANT CONTAINING APPARATUS (20) AND A REFRIGERANT DISPOSAL APPARATUS (100) FOR DESTROYING REFRIGERANT RECEIVED FROM THE RECOVERY APPARATUS. THE DISPOSAL APPARATUS (100) INCLUDES A STORAGE TANK (110) FOR COLLECTING REFRIGERANT RECEIVED FROM THE RECOVERY APPARATUS (30) AND A REACTOR DEVICE (130) FOR RECEIVING REFRIGERANT COLLECTED IN SAID STORAGE TANK AND DESTROYING THE REFRIGERANT RECEIVED FROM THE STORAGE TANK. THE REACTOR DEVICE INCLUDES A REACTION CHAMBER (135) HOUSING A REPLACEABLE REACTOR CORE (140) CONTAINING A REAGENT FUNCTIONAL TO CHEMICALLY REACT WITH THE RECEIVED REFRIGERANT. A HEATER DEVICE (138) IS PROVIDED IN OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION WITH THE REACTION CHAMBER FOR HEATING THE REACTOR CORE (140) TO A DESIRED TEMPERATURE AT WHICH THE REAGENT WILL MOST EFFECTIVELY REACT WITH THE REFRIGERANT.(FIG 1)