Patent · US Expired

Apparatus and process

US5032373A · kind A · utility

12Cited by
4References
1Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJul 15, 1988
Grant dateJul 16, 1991
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 15, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB01J2219/0286
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Apparatus for the manufacture of sulphuric acid by the contact process of the type comprising at least one gas-concentrated sulphuric acid contacting unit and a sulphuric acid heat exchanger characterized in that the contacting unit and/or heat exchanger is formed of high silicon content austenitic steel. The steel is also of use in sulphuric acid concentrations. Reduced corrosion rates are provided.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.