Flue gas desulfurization process
US4613487A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 22, 1985 |
| Grant date | Sep 23, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 22, 2005 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01D53/501
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Flue gas is desulfurized by mixing into the combustion zone a finely divided sorbent such as calcium carbonate and, downstream of the mixing point, reactivating the sorbent by spraying the gaseous suspension with an aqueous solution of solubilizing agent such as a deliquescent compound or a strongly ionizing inorganic salt.
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