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Process for removing sulfur dioxide from a gas and producing sulfur therefrom

US4036943A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 18, 1975
Grant dateJul 19, 1977
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Expiry dateNov 18, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB01D53/501
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A SO.sub.2 -containing gas is contacted with an ammonia solution, the resulting ammonium sulfite solution is vaporized to SO.sub.2 and NH.sub.3 , SO.sub.2 is partially reduced to H.sub.2 S and the resulting gas containing both SO.sub.2 and H.sub.2 S is first contacted with a catalyst to produce sulfur and then made free of sulfur by solvent washing; recovered NH.sub.3 is used to re-constitute the ammonia solution.

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