Apparatus for decontaminating hydrocarbons containing PCB

Apparatus for removing PCB from hydrocarbons comprising a common support for the following components and the components themselves:

• a filter for removing water from hydrocarbons, a reactor, a heat exchanger for heating hydrocarbons containing PCB, a vessel selectively communicating with said reactor for introducing sodium into the hydrocarbons for reacting with the chlorine in the PCB, and a separator for separating reactant sodium chloride and phenyl polymer from the hydrocarbon having less than two ppm PCB, the outlet of said filter being connected to said reactor, an outlet of said reactor being coupled to an inlet of said heat exchanger and an outlet of said heat exchanger being coupled to an inlet of said reactor so that hydrocarbon containing PCB may flow through a closed circuit including said reactor and said heat exchanger, an outlet of said reactor being coupled to an inlet of said vessel and an outlet of said vessel being connected to an inlet of said reactor so that hydrocarbons containing PCB may selectively flow through a closed circuit including said reactor and said vessel, an outlet of said reactor being connected to an inlet of said separator.