CA1074533A - Methods of desulphurizing iron and steel and gases, such as stack gases and the like - Google Patents
Methods of desulphurizing iron and steel and gases, such as stack gases and the likeInfo
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ABSTRACT
A method for desulphurizing iron, steel, stack gases and the like is provided in which rare earth oxides are reacted, in the presence of an agent such as carbon, vacuum, reducing gases, etc. for reducing the oxygen level, with the sulphur to be removed to form one of the group consisting of rare earth sulphides, rare earth oxysulphides and mixtures thereof.
A method for desulphurizing iron, steel, stack gases and the like is provided in which rare earth oxides are reacted, in the presence of an agent such as carbon, vacuum, reducing gases, etc. for reducing the oxygen level, with the sulphur to be removed to form one of the group consisting of rare earth sulphides, rare earth oxysulphides and mixtures thereof.
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This invention relates to methods of desulphurizing iron and steel and the like and particularly to a method of external desulphurizing iron and steel, stack gases, coal gases and the like using rare earth oxides.
External desulphurization of molten iron and steel has been practiced for quite some time. It is a recognized, even necessary practice, in much of the iron and steel produced today. In current practices for desulphurization magnesium metal, mag-coke, calcium oxide, calcium carbide or mixtures of calcium oxide and calcium carbide are generally used. Unfortu-nately, there are serious problems, as well as major cost items involved, in the use of all of these materials for desulphuri-zation. Obviously, both CaO and CaC2 must be stored under dry conditions, since CaO will hydrate and CaC2 will liberate acetylene on contact with moisture. Magnesium is, of course, highly incendiary and must be carefully stored and handled.
There are also further problems associated with the disposal of spent desulphurization slags containing unreacted CaC2.
We have found that these storage, material handling and disposal problems are markedly reduced by using rare earth oxides in a low oxygen content bath of molten iron or steel.
The process is adapted to the desulphurization of pig iron or steel where carhon monoxide, evolved by the reaction where carbon is used as a deoxidizer, is diluted with an inert gas such as nitrogen or by vacuum degassing the melt in order to increase the efficiency of the reaction by reducing the likeli-hood of forming oxysulphides. The principle may also be used for desulphurizing stack gases from boilers, etc.
We provide a method of desulphurizing molten iron and steel as well as stack gases and the like by the steps of react-ing rare earth oxide in the presence of a deoxidizing agent with 10'7'~533 the sulphur to be removed to form one of the group consisting of rare earth sulphide and rare earth oxysulphide and mixtures thereof.
Preferably, hot metal is treated in a ladle or trans-fer car with rare earth oxides, by the simple addition and mixing of the rare earth oxides, by an injection technique in which the rare earth oxides are injected into the molten bath in a carrier gas such as argon or nitrogen or by the use of an "active lining" i.e., a rare earth oxide lining in the vessel.
In any case, the chemical reactions involved are:
e2(s) + [C] = Ce2O3(s) + CO(g) . . . . (1) 23(s) + [C] + [S]lw/O = RE2O2s(s) + CO(g) . . (2) and RE202S(s)+ 2[C]+ 2[S]lw/O= RE2S3(s) (g) The product sulphide or oxysulphide will either be fixed in an 'active' lining or removed by flotation and absorbed into the slag cover and vessel lining depending upon the process used for introducing the rare earth oxide.
The products of desulphurization of carbon saturated iron with RE oxides is dependent on the partial pressure of CO, pCO, and the Henrian sulphur activity in the metal, hs. Using cerium as the representative rare earth, the following standard free energy changes the equilibrium constants at 1500C for different desulphurization reactions can be calculated from thermodynamic data in the literature:
1(~7~533 REACTION ~G cal. K1773 2CeO2(s)+[C] = Ce23(s)+ oo(g)66000-53.16TpCO = 3041
This invention relates to methods of desulphurizing iron and steel and the like and particularly to a method of external desulphurizing iron and steel, stack gases, coal gases and the like using rare earth oxides.
External desulphurization of molten iron and steel has been practiced for quite some time. It is a recognized, even necessary practice, in much of the iron and steel produced today. In current practices for desulphurization magnesium metal, mag-coke, calcium oxide, calcium carbide or mixtures of calcium oxide and calcium carbide are generally used. Unfortu-nately, there are serious problems, as well as major cost items involved, in the use of all of these materials for desulphuri-zation. Obviously, both CaO and CaC2 must be stored under dry conditions, since CaO will hydrate and CaC2 will liberate acetylene on contact with moisture. Magnesium is, of course, highly incendiary and must be carefully stored and handled.
There are also further problems associated with the disposal of spent desulphurization slags containing unreacted CaC2.
We have found that these storage, material handling and disposal problems are markedly reduced by using rare earth oxides in a low oxygen content bath of molten iron or steel.
The process is adapted to the desulphurization of pig iron or steel where carhon monoxide, evolved by the reaction where carbon is used as a deoxidizer, is diluted with an inert gas such as nitrogen or by vacuum degassing the melt in order to increase the efficiency of the reaction by reducing the likeli-hood of forming oxysulphides. The principle may also be used for desulphurizing stack gases from boilers, etc.
We provide a method of desulphurizing molten iron and steel as well as stack gases and the like by the steps of react-ing rare earth oxide in the presence of a deoxidizing agent with 10'7'~533 the sulphur to be removed to form one of the group consisting of rare earth sulphide and rare earth oxysulphide and mixtures thereof.
Preferably, hot metal is treated in a ladle or trans-fer car with rare earth oxides, by the simple addition and mixing of the rare earth oxides, by an injection technique in which the rare earth oxides are injected into the molten bath in a carrier gas such as argon or nitrogen or by the use of an "active lining" i.e., a rare earth oxide lining in the vessel.
In any case, the chemical reactions involved are:
e2(s) + [C] = Ce2O3(s) + CO(g) . . . . (1) 23(s) + [C] + [S]lw/O = RE2O2s(s) + CO(g) . . (2) and RE202S(s)+ 2[C]+ 2[S]lw/O= RE2S3(s) (g) The product sulphide or oxysulphide will either be fixed in an 'active' lining or removed by flotation and absorbed into the slag cover and vessel lining depending upon the process used for introducing the rare earth oxide.
The products of desulphurization of carbon saturated iron with RE oxides is dependent on the partial pressure of CO, pCO, and the Henrian sulphur activity in the metal, hs. Using cerium as the representative rare earth, the following standard free energy changes the equilibrium constants at 1500C for different desulphurization reactions can be calculated from thermodynamic data in the literature:
1(~7~533 REACTION ~G cal. K1773 2CeO2(s)+[C] = Ce23(s)+ oo(g)66000-53.16TpCO = 3041
2 3(s)+ [C] + [S]lw/o = Ce2O2s(s)+ CO()18220-26.43T pCO/hS=3395 Ce202S(s)+ 2[C] + 2[S]lW/o=Ce2S3(s)+2C(g)66180-39.86T p CO/hS 3.6
3/2 Ce2o2s(s)+3[c]+5/2[s]lw/o= Ce3s4(s)+3co(g) 127050-72.1T p3CO~hS5/2=1.25 Ce22S(s)+2[c]+[s]lw/o = 2CeS(s)+ 2CO(g) 120,860-61.0T p2CO/hS= 027 C(s) + 1/2 2(g) = CO(g) -28200-20.16T pCO/pl/202=7.6x10-7 V2s2(g) = [S]lw/o -31520+5.27T hs/p / S2=5.4x102 The thermodynamics of desulphurization with lanthanium oxide, La2O3, are similar although, in this case, LaO2 is unstable and there will be no conversion corresponding to CeO2 ~Ce2O3.
In the foregoing general description of this invention, certain objects, purposes and advantages have been outlined.
Other objects, purposes and advantages of this invention will be apparent, however, from the following description and the accompanying drawings in which:
Figure 1 is a stability diagram showing w/o sulphur as partial pressure of CO;
Figures 2a and 2b show Ce2S3 and Ce2O2S layers on a pellet of CeO2;
Figure 3 is a graph of the theoretical CeO2 required for removal of 0.01 w/o S/THM;
Figure 4 is a graph showing the volume of nitrogen required to produce a given partial pressure of CO;
Figure 5 is a graph showing the CeO2 requirements as a function of partial pressure of CO; and ~07~S33~
Figure 6 is a stability diagram for stack gas systems treated according to this invention.
Referring back to the discussion of free energy set out above, it is clear that these free energy changes may be used to determine the fields of stability of Ce2O3, Ce2O2S, Ce2S3/ Ce3S4 and CeS in terms of the partial pressure of CO and the Henrian sulphur activity of the melt at 1500C. The result-ant stability diagram is shown in Figure l, the boundaries between the phase fields being given by the following relation-ships:
BOUNDARY EQUATION
.... .. . ~
Ce2O3 - Ce2O2S log pCO = log hS + 3.53 Ce2O2S - Ce2S3 log pCO = log hS + 0.28 Ce2O2S - Ce3S4 log pCO = 0.83 log hS + 0 03 r Ce2O2S - CeS log pCO = 0.5 log hS ~ 0~79 Ce2S3 - Ce3S4 log hS = -1.47 Ce3S4 - CeS log hS = -2.45 The phase fields in Figure l are also shown in terms of the Henrian activity of oxygen, ho~ and the approximate [w/o S] in the iron melt using an activity coefficient fS ~ 5.5 for graphite saturated conditions.
The coordinates of the points B, C, D and E on the diagram are given below:
10'7~533 COORDINATES B C D _ _ ................ _ pCO atm. 9.8 x 10-3 6.5 x 10 2 1.0 1.0 hS 3.5 x 10 3 3.4 x 10-2 5.3 x 10~1 2.9 x 10-4 Approx. [w/o S] 6 4 x 10 4 6.2 x 10-3 9.6 x 10 2 5.3 x 10-5 The points B and C represent simultaneous equilibria between the oxysulphide and two sulphides at 1500C. These univariant points are only a function of temoerature. The points E and D represent the minimum sulphur contents or activities at which oxysulphide and Ce2S3 can be formed, respectively, at pCO = 1 atm. Thus, carbon saturated hot metal cannot be desulphurized by oxysulphide formation below hS ~ 2.9 x 10-4 ([w/o S] ~ 5.3 x 10-5) at pCO =
1 atm. However, lower sulphur levels may be attained by reducing the partial pressure of CO.
The conversion of CeO2--~Ce203--~Ce202S~-~ce2s3 is illustrated in Figures 2a and 2b which show Ce2S3 and Ce2O2S
layers on a pellet of CeO2 (which first transformed to Ce2O3) on immersion in graphite saturated iron at ~ 1600C, initially containing 0.10 w/o S, for 10 hours. The final sulphur content was ~, O.03 w/o S and the experiment was carried out under argon, where pCO ~< 1 atm.
The conversion of the oxide to oxysulphide and sulphide is mass transfer controlled and, as in conventional external desulphurization with CaC2, vigorous stirring will be required for the simple addition process and circulation of hot metal may be required in the 'active' lining process.
From Figure 1 it is apparent that the external desulphurization of graphite saturated iron is thermodynamically possible using RE oxides. For example the diagram indicates 107~533 that hot metal sulphur levels of ~v 0.5 ppm (point E) can be achieved by cerium oxide addition even at pCO = 1 atm. Desul-phurization in this case will take place through the transforma-tion sequence CeO2 ~Ce2O3 )Ce2O2S which required 2 moles of CeO2 to remove 1 gm. atom of sulphur. The efficiency of sulphur removal/lb CeO2 added can however be greatly increased by the formation of sulphides. 1 mole CeO2 is required per g. atom of sulphur for CeS formation and 2/3 moles CeO2 for Ce2S3 formation.
The theoretical CeO2 requirements for the removal of 0.01 w/o S/THM for the various desulphurization products are given below and expressed graphically in Figure 3.
PRODUCTlb CeO2/0.01 w/o S.THM ft3CO/lb CeO2 ft3CO/0.01 w/o S.THM
Ce2O2S2.15 2.1 4.5 CeS 1.1 4.2 4.5 Ce3S4 0.8 4.2 3.4 Ce2S3 0.7 ¦4.2 3.0 The volume of carbon monoxide produced in ft3CO/lb CeO2 and ft3CO/0.01 w/o S.T~ are also given in the above table for each desulphurization product. For efficient desulphurization the partial pressure of carbon monoxide should be sufficiently low to avoid oxysulphide formation. For example, Figure 1 shows that oxysulphide will not form in a graphite saturated melt until [w/o S] < 0.01 when pCO Y 0.1 atm. It will form however when [w/o S] Y 0.10 at pCO = 1 atm. Thus by reducing the pCO in the desulphurization process to 0.1 atm., hot metal can be desul-phurized to 0.01 w/o S with a CeO2 addition of 0.72 lb/0.01 w/o S
removed for each ton hot metal.
10'74533 The choice of the method of reducing the partial pressure of carbon monoxide depends on economic and technical consideratlons. However, in an injection process calculations can be made for the volume of injection gas, say nitrogen, required to produce a given pCO.
Thus:
VN2 = Vco (l-pCO)/pCO
where VCO is the scf of CO formed/lb CeO2 added VN2 is the scf of N2 required/lb CeO2 added and pCO is the desired partial pressure of CO in atm.
The results of these calculations for Ce2S3 formation are shown in Figure 4, which also shows the [w/o S] in equilib-rium with Ce2S3(s) as a function of pCO. From this figure it is apparent that the volume of N2/lb CeO2 required to form Ce2S3 is excessive and if an injection process were used a balance would have to be struck between sulphide and oxysulphide formation.
When, for example, hot metal is to desulphurized from 0.05 to 0.01 w/o S at pCO = 0.2 atm., ~ 16 scf N2/lb CeO2 would be required for Ce2S3 formation and the sulphur content would drop to 0.02 w/o. The remaining 0.01 w/o S would be removed by oxysulphide formation. From Figure 3, it can be seen that ~ 2 lbs of CeO2/THM would be required for Ce2S3 formation and 2 lbs for Ce2O2S formation giving a total requirement of 4 lbs CeO2/THM.
Calculations similar to the one above have been used to construct Figure 5 where the CeO2 requirements in lbs/THM
are shown as a function of pCO.
IO~ ~S~3 When large volumes of nitrogen are used in an injection process the heat carried away by the nitrogen, as sensible heat, is not large but the increased losses by radiation may be exces~
sive. Injection rates with CaC2 for example are in the order of 0.1 scf N2/lb CaC2.
Vacuum processing is an alternative method of reducing the partial pressure of carbon monoxide. This is impractical in .-hot metal external desulphurization but not in steelmaking (see below).
Still another alternative approach to external desul-phurization using rare earth oxides is the use of active linings which would involve the 'gunning' or flame-spraying of HM trans-fer car linings with rare earth oxides. Here the oxides would transform to oxysulphides during the transfer of hot metal from the blast furnace to the steelmaking plant, and the oxide would be regenerated by atmospheric oxidation when the car was emptied.
It is estimated that for a 200 ton transfer car, conversion of a 2 mm layer ( ~ 0.080") of oxide to oxysulphide would reduce the sulphur content of the hot metal by ~ 0.02 w/o S. This process has the following advantages:
1) continuous regeneration of rare earth oxide by atmospheric oxidation when the car is empty, 2) reaction times would be in the order of hours, 3) the absence of a sulphur rich desulphurization slag,
In the foregoing general description of this invention, certain objects, purposes and advantages have been outlined.
Other objects, purposes and advantages of this invention will be apparent, however, from the following description and the accompanying drawings in which:
Figure 1 is a stability diagram showing w/o sulphur as partial pressure of CO;
Figures 2a and 2b show Ce2S3 and Ce2O2S layers on a pellet of CeO2;
Figure 3 is a graph of the theoretical CeO2 required for removal of 0.01 w/o S/THM;
Figure 4 is a graph showing the volume of nitrogen required to produce a given partial pressure of CO;
Figure 5 is a graph showing the CeO2 requirements as a function of partial pressure of CO; and ~07~S33~
Figure 6 is a stability diagram for stack gas systems treated according to this invention.
Referring back to the discussion of free energy set out above, it is clear that these free energy changes may be used to determine the fields of stability of Ce2O3, Ce2O2S, Ce2S3/ Ce3S4 and CeS in terms of the partial pressure of CO and the Henrian sulphur activity of the melt at 1500C. The result-ant stability diagram is shown in Figure l, the boundaries between the phase fields being given by the following relation-ships:
BOUNDARY EQUATION
.... .. . ~
Ce2O3 - Ce2O2S log pCO = log hS + 3.53 Ce2O2S - Ce2S3 log pCO = log hS + 0.28 Ce2O2S - Ce3S4 log pCO = 0.83 log hS + 0 03 r Ce2O2S - CeS log pCO = 0.5 log hS ~ 0~79 Ce2S3 - Ce3S4 log hS = -1.47 Ce3S4 - CeS log hS = -2.45 The phase fields in Figure l are also shown in terms of the Henrian activity of oxygen, ho~ and the approximate [w/o S] in the iron melt using an activity coefficient fS ~ 5.5 for graphite saturated conditions.
The coordinates of the points B, C, D and E on the diagram are given below:
10'7~533 COORDINATES B C D _ _ ................ _ pCO atm. 9.8 x 10-3 6.5 x 10 2 1.0 1.0 hS 3.5 x 10 3 3.4 x 10-2 5.3 x 10~1 2.9 x 10-4 Approx. [w/o S] 6 4 x 10 4 6.2 x 10-3 9.6 x 10 2 5.3 x 10-5 The points B and C represent simultaneous equilibria between the oxysulphide and two sulphides at 1500C. These univariant points are only a function of temoerature. The points E and D represent the minimum sulphur contents or activities at which oxysulphide and Ce2S3 can be formed, respectively, at pCO = 1 atm. Thus, carbon saturated hot metal cannot be desulphurized by oxysulphide formation below hS ~ 2.9 x 10-4 ([w/o S] ~ 5.3 x 10-5) at pCO =
1 atm. However, lower sulphur levels may be attained by reducing the partial pressure of CO.
The conversion of CeO2--~Ce203--~Ce202S~-~ce2s3 is illustrated in Figures 2a and 2b which show Ce2S3 and Ce2O2S
layers on a pellet of CeO2 (which first transformed to Ce2O3) on immersion in graphite saturated iron at ~ 1600C, initially containing 0.10 w/o S, for 10 hours. The final sulphur content was ~, O.03 w/o S and the experiment was carried out under argon, where pCO ~< 1 atm.
The conversion of the oxide to oxysulphide and sulphide is mass transfer controlled and, as in conventional external desulphurization with CaC2, vigorous stirring will be required for the simple addition process and circulation of hot metal may be required in the 'active' lining process.
From Figure 1 it is apparent that the external desulphurization of graphite saturated iron is thermodynamically possible using RE oxides. For example the diagram indicates 107~533 that hot metal sulphur levels of ~v 0.5 ppm (point E) can be achieved by cerium oxide addition even at pCO = 1 atm. Desul-phurization in this case will take place through the transforma-tion sequence CeO2 ~Ce2O3 )Ce2O2S which required 2 moles of CeO2 to remove 1 gm. atom of sulphur. The efficiency of sulphur removal/lb CeO2 added can however be greatly increased by the formation of sulphides. 1 mole CeO2 is required per g. atom of sulphur for CeS formation and 2/3 moles CeO2 for Ce2S3 formation.
The theoretical CeO2 requirements for the removal of 0.01 w/o S/THM for the various desulphurization products are given below and expressed graphically in Figure 3.
PRODUCTlb CeO2/0.01 w/o S.THM ft3CO/lb CeO2 ft3CO/0.01 w/o S.THM
Ce2O2S2.15 2.1 4.5 CeS 1.1 4.2 4.5 Ce3S4 0.8 4.2 3.4 Ce2S3 0.7 ¦4.2 3.0 The volume of carbon monoxide produced in ft3CO/lb CeO2 and ft3CO/0.01 w/o S.T~ are also given in the above table for each desulphurization product. For efficient desulphurization the partial pressure of carbon monoxide should be sufficiently low to avoid oxysulphide formation. For example, Figure 1 shows that oxysulphide will not form in a graphite saturated melt until [w/o S] < 0.01 when pCO Y 0.1 atm. It will form however when [w/o S] Y 0.10 at pCO = 1 atm. Thus by reducing the pCO in the desulphurization process to 0.1 atm., hot metal can be desul-phurized to 0.01 w/o S with a CeO2 addition of 0.72 lb/0.01 w/o S
removed for each ton hot metal.
10'74533 The choice of the method of reducing the partial pressure of carbon monoxide depends on economic and technical consideratlons. However, in an injection process calculations can be made for the volume of injection gas, say nitrogen, required to produce a given pCO.
Thus:
VN2 = Vco (l-pCO)/pCO
where VCO is the scf of CO formed/lb CeO2 added VN2 is the scf of N2 required/lb CeO2 added and pCO is the desired partial pressure of CO in atm.
The results of these calculations for Ce2S3 formation are shown in Figure 4, which also shows the [w/o S] in equilib-rium with Ce2S3(s) as a function of pCO. From this figure it is apparent that the volume of N2/lb CeO2 required to form Ce2S3 is excessive and if an injection process were used a balance would have to be struck between sulphide and oxysulphide formation.
When, for example, hot metal is to desulphurized from 0.05 to 0.01 w/o S at pCO = 0.2 atm., ~ 16 scf N2/lb CeO2 would be required for Ce2S3 formation and the sulphur content would drop to 0.02 w/o. The remaining 0.01 w/o S would be removed by oxysulphide formation. From Figure 3, it can be seen that ~ 2 lbs of CeO2/THM would be required for Ce2S3 formation and 2 lbs for Ce2O2S formation giving a total requirement of 4 lbs CeO2/THM.
Calculations similar to the one above have been used to construct Figure 5 where the CeO2 requirements in lbs/THM
are shown as a function of pCO.
IO~ ~S~3 When large volumes of nitrogen are used in an injection process the heat carried away by the nitrogen, as sensible heat, is not large but the increased losses by radiation may be exces~
sive. Injection rates with CaC2 for example are in the order of 0.1 scf N2/lb CaC2.
Vacuum processing is an alternative method of reducing the partial pressure of carbon monoxide. This is impractical in .-hot metal external desulphurization but not in steelmaking (see below).
Still another alternative approach to external desul-phurization using rare earth oxides is the use of active linings which would involve the 'gunning' or flame-spraying of HM trans-fer car linings with rare earth oxides. Here the oxides would transform to oxysulphides during the transfer of hot metal from the blast furnace to the steelmaking plant, and the oxide would be regenerated by atmospheric oxidation when the car was emptied.
It is estimated that for a 200 ton transfer car, conversion of a 2 mm layer ( ~ 0.080") of oxide to oxysulphide would reduce the sulphur content of the hot metal by ~ 0.02 w/o S. This process has the following advantages:
1) continuous regeneration of rare earth oxide by atmospheric oxidation when the car is empty, 2) reaction times would be in the order of hours, 3) the absence of a sulphur rich desulphurization slag,
4) the absence of suspended sulphides in the hot metal.
The mechanical integrity and the life of an "active" lining is, of course, critical and some pollution problems may be associated with oxide regeneration by atmospheric oxidation.
1~)7'~ 3 With regard to steelmaking applications, vacuum desulphurization could be carried out by an "active" lining in the ASEA-SI~F process and circulation vacuum degassing processes.
In the case of desulphurization, assuming the follow-ing gas composition at 1000C:
Component Vol.%
H2S 0.3 (200 grains/100 ft3.) This equilibrium gas composition is represented by point A on the diagram illustrated as Figure 6 where CO/CO2 = 2.5 and H2/H2S = 133. This point lies within the Ce2O2S phase field and at constant CO/CO2 desulphurization with Ce2O3 will take place up to point B. At point B, H2/H2S ~ 104 and the concen-tration of H2S is 0.004 vol.% ( ~ 3 grains/100 ft.3). Beyond this point, desulphurization is not possible.
In the foregoing sepcification, we have set out certain preferred practices and embodiments of our invention, however, it will be understood that this invention may be othexwise embodied within the scope of the following claims.
The mechanical integrity and the life of an "active" lining is, of course, critical and some pollution problems may be associated with oxide regeneration by atmospheric oxidation.
1~)7'~ 3 With regard to steelmaking applications, vacuum desulphurization could be carried out by an "active" lining in the ASEA-SI~F process and circulation vacuum degassing processes.
In the case of desulphurization, assuming the follow-ing gas composition at 1000C:
Component Vol.%
H2S 0.3 (200 grains/100 ft3.) This equilibrium gas composition is represented by point A on the diagram illustrated as Figure 6 where CO/CO2 = 2.5 and H2/H2S = 133. This point lies within the Ce2O2S phase field and at constant CO/CO2 desulphurization with Ce2O3 will take place up to point B. At point B, H2/H2S ~ 104 and the concen-tration of H2S is 0.004 vol.% ( ~ 3 grains/100 ft.3). Beyond this point, desulphurization is not possible.
In the foregoing sepcification, we have set out certain preferred practices and embodiments of our invention, however, it will be understood that this invention may be othexwise embodied within the scope of the following claims.
Claims (10)
1. A method of desulphurizing molten iron, steel, stack gases and like materials containing sulfur as an impurity comprising the steps of:
(a) reacting rare earth oxide in the presence of one of a separate deoxidizing agent and a deoxidizing atmosphere with sulphur to be removed to form one of the group consisting of rare earth sulphides and rare earth oxysulphides and mixtures thereof, and (b) removing said oxysulphides and sulphides.
(a) reacting rare earth oxide in the presence of one of a separate deoxidizing agent and a deoxidizing atmosphere with sulphur to be removed to form one of the group consisting of rare earth sulphides and rare earth oxysulphides and mixtures thereof, and (b) removing said oxysulphides and sulphides.
2. The method of desulphurizing molten iron, steel, stack gases and like materials containing sulfur as an impurity as claimed in claim 1 wherein the oxygen potential is maintained at a low level by reducing the partial pressure of CO.
3. The method of claim 2 wherein the partial pressure of CO is maintained below about 0.1 atmosphere.
4. The method of desulphurizing molten iron and steel as claimed in claim 1 wherein rare earth oxide is added to a molten bath of metal by injecting the rare earth oxide beneath the surface of the molten bath in a stream of inert gas suffi-cient to dilute carbon monoxide formed in the reaction to a level below about 0.1 atmosphere.
5. The method of desulphurizing molten iron and steel as claimed in claim 4 wherein the inert gas is nitrogen.
6. The method of desulphurizing molten iron and steel as claimed in claim 1 wherein rare earth oxide is added to a molten bath of metal subject to a vacuum sufficient to maintain the partial pressure of carbon monoxide below about 0.1 atmosphere.
7. The method of desulphurizing molten iron and steel as claimed in claim 1 wherein the molten metal is poured into a vessel having a lining surface of rare earth oxides.
8. The method of desulphurizing molten iron and steel as claimed in claim 7 wherein the rare earth oxide lining is at least 2 mm in thickness.
9. The method of desulphurizing molten iron and steel as claimed in claim 7 wherein the vessel lining of rare earth is regenerated with oxygen after the desulphurized molten metal is discharged prior to pouring another bath of molten metal into said vessel.
10. The method of desulphurizing molten iron and steel as claimed in claim 7 wherein the vessel is subjected to a vacuum sufficient to maintain a partial pressure of carbon monoxide below 0.1 atmosphere.
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