The invention relates to the field of
chemical production, and discloses a method for cooling
zirconium tetrachloride produced through a fluidizing chlorination method. The cooling method comprises the following steps: fully mixing
zircon sand /
zirconium dioxide / a mixture of
zircon sand and
zirconium dioxide with
petroleum coke powder according to a certain ratio, adding the mixture into a fluidizing chlorination furnace, introducing
chlorine gas into the furnace to carry out chlorination reactions; introducing the gas generated in the chlorination reactions into a reaction
gas cooling channel from the outlet of the fluidizing chlorination furnace, spraying liquid
coolant into the reaction
gas cooling channel to cool the reaction gas; then introducing the cooled reaction gas into a zirconium
tetrachloride collecting tank, at the same time, and spraying liquid
coolant into the zirconium
tetrachloride collecting tank from top part or lateral side of the zirconium tetrachloride collecting tank so as to cool the reaction gas, wherein zirconium tetrachloride in a gas state is cooled and converted into zirconium tetrachloride
powder, and the
powder falls on the bottom of the zirconium tetrachloride collecting tank. According to the cooling method, liquid
coolant is sprayed to the reaction gas so as to cool the reaction gas, the
cooling effect is improved, the yield of zirconium tetrachloride is increased, and the production cost is reduced.