SULFUR RECOVERY WITH REDUCED EMISSIONS, LOW CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND HYDROGEN CO-PRODUCTION
作者:
GAVINP. TOWLER,
SCOTT LYNN,
期刊:
Chemical Engineering Communications
(Taylor Available online 1996)
卷期:
Volume 155,
issue 1
页码: 113-143
ISSN:0098-6445
年代: 1996
DOI:10.1080/00986449608936659
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
关键词: Sulfur recovery;H2S;sulfur emissions;hydrogen recovery
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
The main disadvantage of the Claus process is that by introducing air as oxidant a large volume of tail gas is produced. This must be treated to reduce atmospheric emissions of sulfur-containing gases. The costs of the tail-gas unit are a significant fraction of the total capital and operating costs for sulfur recovery. A new process uses thermal decomposition of hydrogen sulfide in the presence of carbon dioxide instead of air oxidation. The products of this reaction are hydrogen, carbon monoxide, elemental sulfur, water vapor and carbonyl sulfide. Carbonyl sulfide is easily converted to H2S and C02by liquid- or vapor-phase hydrolysis. Unreacted H2S and C02are recovered by absorption and recycled to the reactor. Since no air is introduced, there is no tail gas and the tail-gas unit is eliminated, giving a substantial reduction in capital investment. The concentrations of sulfur-containing gases in the product streams depend only on the operation of the absorber and stripper units and can be controlled to very low levels by increasing stripper boil-up. Process operating costs depend on the level of sulfur recovery required and can also be much lower than those of the modified Claus Process.
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