CA1266758A - Production of sulfur from an oxygen enriched claus system - Google Patents

Production of sulfur from an oxygen enriched claus system

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CA1266758A
CA1266758A CA000520438A CA520438A CA1266758A CA 1266758 A CA1266758 A CA 1266758A CA 000520438 A CA000520438 A CA 000520438A CA 520438 A CA520438 A CA 520438A CA 1266758 A CA1266758 A CA 1266758A
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sulfur
reaction furnace
oxygen
effluent
hydrogen sulfide
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Michael Shi-Kuan Chen
William Patrick Hegarty
Dipak Jivandas Sampat
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Air Products and Chemicals Inc
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01DSEPARATION
    • B01D53/00Separation of gases or vapours; Recovering vapours of volatile solvents from gases; Chemical or biological purification of waste gases, e.g. engine exhaust gases, smoke, fumes, flue gases, aerosols
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C01INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    • C01BNON-METALLIC ELEMENTS; COMPOUNDS THEREOF; METALLOIDS OR COMPOUNDS THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASS C01C
    • C01B17/00Sulfur; Compounds thereof
    • C01B17/02Preparation of sulfur; Purification
    • C01B17/04Preparation of sulfur; Purification from gaseous sulfur compounds including gaseous sulfides
    • C01B17/0404Preparation of sulfur; Purification from gaseous sulfur compounds including gaseous sulfides by processes comprising a dry catalytic conversion of hydrogen sulfide-containing gases, e.g. the Claus process
    • C01B17/0413Preparation of sulfur; Purification from gaseous sulfur compounds including gaseous sulfides by processes comprising a dry catalytic conversion of hydrogen sulfide-containing gases, e.g. the Claus process characterised by the combustion step
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01JCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS
    • B01J12/00Chemical processes in general for reacting gaseous media with gaseous media; Apparatus specially adapted therefor
    • B01J12/005Chemical processes in general for reacting gaseous media with gaseous media; Apparatus specially adapted therefor carried out at high temperatures, e.g. by pyrolysis
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C01INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    • C01BNON-METALLIC ELEMENTS; COMPOUNDS THEREOF; METALLOIDS OR COMPOUNDS THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASS C01C
    • C01B17/00Sulfur; Compounds thereof
    • C01B17/02Preparation of sulfur; Purification
    • C01B17/04Preparation of sulfur; Purification from gaseous sulfur compounds including gaseous sulfides
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C01INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    • C01BNON-METALLIC ELEMENTS; COMPOUNDS THEREOF; METALLOIDS OR COMPOUNDS THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASS C01C
    • C01B17/00Sulfur; Compounds thereof
    • C01B17/02Preparation of sulfur; Purification
    • C01B17/04Preparation of sulfur; Purification from gaseous sulfur compounds including gaseous sulfides
    • C01B17/0404Preparation of sulfur; Purification from gaseous sulfur compounds including gaseous sulfides by processes comprising a dry catalytic conversion of hydrogen sulfide-containing gases, e.g. the Claus process
    • C01B17/0413Preparation of sulfur; Purification from gaseous sulfur compounds including gaseous sulfides by processes comprising a dry catalytic conversion of hydrogen sulfide-containing gases, e.g. the Claus process characterised by the combustion step
    • C01B17/0417Combustion reactors
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02EREDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E20/00Combustion technologies with mitigation potential
    • Y02E20/34Indirect CO2mitigation, i.e. by acting on non CO2directly related matters of the process, e.g. pre-heating or heat recovery
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02PCLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS
    • Y02P20/00Technologies relating to chemical industry
    • Y02P20/10Process efficiency
    • Y02P20/129Energy recovery, e.g. by cogeneration, H2recovery or pressure recovery turbines

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  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Organic Chemistry (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis (AREA)
  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Inorganic Chemistry (AREA)
  • Analytical Chemistry (AREA)
  • General Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Oil, Petroleum & Natural Gas (AREA)
  • Treating Waste Gases (AREA)
  • Separation Using Semi-Permeable Membranes (AREA)
  • Industrial Gases (AREA)
CA520438A 1985-10-21 1986-10-14 SULFUR PRODUCTION FROM AN OXYGEN-ENRICHED CLAUS SYSTEM Expired CA1266758C (en)

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CA520438A CA1266758C (en) 1985-10-21 1986-10-14 SULFUR PRODUCTION FROM AN OXYGEN-ENRICHED CLAUS SYSTEM

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US06/789,687 US4632818A (en) 1984-10-03 1985-10-21 Production of sulfur from an oxygen enriched claus system
US789,687 1985-10-21
CA520438A CA1266758C (en) 1985-10-21 1986-10-14 SULFUR PRODUCTION FROM AN OXYGEN-ENRICHED CLAUS SYSTEM

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EP (1) EP0220610B1 (forum.php)
JP (1) JPS62113706A (forum.php)
KR (1) KR890003655B1 (forum.php)
AU (1) AU569666B2 (forum.php)
BR (1) BR8605190A (forum.php)
CA (1) CA1266758C (forum.php)
DE (1) DE3685797T2 (forum.php)
MX (1) MX163362A (forum.php)
NO (1) NO170759C (forum.php)
ZA (1) ZA867981B (forum.php)

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NO170759C (no) 1992-12-02
KR870003814A (ko) 1987-05-04
BR8605190A (pt) 1987-07-28
ZA867981B (en) 1988-06-29
EP0220610A2 (en) 1987-05-06
DE3685797T2 (de) 1993-01-14
DE3685797D1 (de) 1992-07-30
NO864163L (no) 1987-04-22
JPH0465001B2 (forum.php) 1992-10-16
MX163362A (es) 1992-04-30
EP0220610A3 (en) 1988-04-13
KR890003655B1 (ko) 1989-09-29
JPS62113706A (ja) 1987-05-25
EP0220610B1 (en) 1992-06-24
CA1266758C (en) 1990-03-20
AU6396686A (en) 1987-05-07
US4632818A (en) 1986-12-30
AU569666B2 (en) 1988-02-11
NO170759B (no) 1992-08-24

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