Method and apparatus for the disintegration and destruction of hazardous and toxic sludge materials.

摘要

There is disclosed a novel apparatus and process for the complete dewatering of sludge containing hazardous and toxic materials, the stabilization of pathogens and microorganisms contained in the sludge and the disintegration and volume reduction of the resultant solids including a blending chamber for the blending of sludge and a predetermined amount of electrolyte, the partial dewatering of the sludge and electrolyte in a filter unit, the adjustment of the resultant filter cake to a desired thickness and the measurement of the conductivity of the filter cake and the transporting of the filter cake to a disintegration chamber where the filter cake is introduced to an automatically-adjustable source of electrical energy reducing the filter cake to particulate solids and where the filter cake conductivity measurements are communicated to the blending station and the source of electrical energy for the automatic adjustment of same. The apparatus includes a blending chamber for the blending of the sludge and a predetermined amount of electrolyte, a filter unit for the partial dewatering of the resultant sludge and electrolyte, a rolling mill for the adjustments of the resultant filter cake to a desired thickness together with a sensor for measuring the conductivity of the resultant filter cake and a disintegration chamber where the resultant filter cake is subjected to an automatically-adjustable source of electrical energy reducing the filter cake to particulate solids, the conductivity sensing device communicating with the blending chamber and the source of electrical energy to adjust the amount of electrolyte blended with the sludge and to adjust the source of electrical energy required to reduce the filter cake to particulate solids.