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Method for controlling claus furnace with variable hydrocarbon feed composition

US4836999A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 24, 1988
Grant dateJun 6, 1989
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Expiry dateMar 24, 2008

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T436/218
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Oxygen feed to a Claus plant is controlled by calibrating a hydrocarbon-representative response signal, but not a hydrogen sulfide representative response signal, responsive to the ratio of hydrogen sulfide:sulfur dioxide in effluent from the Claus plant.

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