Process and apparatus for acid regeneration
AssigneeMesser Industries USA, Inc.
InventorsAndrew Richardson, Frank Fitch, Blake Stapper
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Abstract
A process and apparatus for regenerating a spent acid stream or other stream, such as a spent acid stream or other stream containing sulfur, by decomposing the spent sulfuric acid stream and/or other sulfur-containing streams to recover sulfur dioxide from the stream. Also provided is a process for preparing sulfuric acid from the sulfur dioxide recovered by the apparatus and process.
Claims28
A process for decomposing at least one of a spent sulfuric acid stream or other sulfur-containing stream, comprising:
- supplying at least one of the spent sulfuric acid stream or the other sulfur-containing stream into a furnace;
- supplying oxygen-enriched combustion air into the furnace;
- separately supplying pure oxygen into the furnace;
- supplying a combustion fuel to the furnace;
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- decomposing the at least one spent sulfuric acid stream or other sulfur-containing stream in the furnace.
An apparatus for regenerating at least one of a spent sulfuric acid stream or other sulfur-containing stream comprising:
- a decomposition furnace;
- an inlet for supplying at least one of the spent sulfuric acid stream or the other sulfur-containing stream into the decomposition furnace;
- an inlet for supplying a stream of an oxygen-enriched combustion air into the decomposition furnace;
- an inlet for supplying a pure oxygen stream into the decomposition furnace separately from the supplying of the oxygen-enriched combustion air;
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- an inlet for supplying a combustion fuel stream to the decomposition furnace.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.