Indaver, a Belgian company with a European dimension, takes care of waste and residual flows from industrial processes. It applies a particular philosophy, considering residues not as the end but as a phase in the life cycle of matter, a source of new materials and energy.
It is precisely within the framework of its Indaver Molecule Management (IMM) program that the company launched the IndaChlor project in 2016, a new site dedicated to the recovery of chlorinated residues mainly from the PVC (polyvinyl chloride) industry. . “Chlorinated effluents are essentially mixtures of liquid organic solvents, flammable and delicate to handle.
Incineration is the only way to treat them” says Florian Rémy, from Indaver. The operation produces energy, which can be recovered in the form of steam, and hydrochloric acid (HCl). The latter is also recoverable in the chemical, petrochemical and metallurgical industries which are major consumers.
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