Process and apparatus for cooling a gas containing SO2 and/or SO3 and water

US10294105B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• OUTOTEC (FINLAND) OY · FI

Inventors

• Karl-Heinz Daum · Mainz, DE
• Hannes Storch · Friedrichsdorf, DE
• Ralf Neumann · Haan, DE
• Wolfram Schalk · Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 30, 2016
• Grant date: May 21, 2019
• Expiry date: Jun 30, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F28F2200/00
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The above mentioned invention describes a process for cooling a gas mixture of SO2 and/or SO3 and water, wherein the gas mixture is cooled by means of a first heat exchanger carrying a coolant. The temperature of the coolant lies above the dew point of the gas or gas mixture.