Sulfur dioxide removal from waste gases /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Slack, A. V. (Archie Vivian), 1912-
Published: Noyes Data Corp.,
Publisher Address: Park Ridge, N.J.:
Publication Dates: [1971]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Pollution control review no. 4
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Carrier Form: viii, 200 pages: illustrations; 28 cm.
ISBN: 0815503946 :
Index Number: TD885
CLC: X51
Call Number: X51/S631
Contents: Power production from coal -- Power production from oil -- Other uses of coal and oil -- Metal ore smelting -- Petroleum refining -- Sulfuric acid production -- ALTERNATIVES FOR CONTROL: High stacks -- Low sulfur fuel -- Operational control -- MAJOR CONSIDERATIONS IN REMOVAL FROM STACK GAS: Process type -- Throwaway vs. recovery -- Wet vs. dry -- Degree of removal needed -- New plant vs. retrofit -- SCOPE OF PRESENT EFFORT -- CURRENT STATUS OF PROCESS DEVELOPMENT -- HISTORY OF THE PROCESS -- THERMOCHEMISTRY: Calcination -- Sulfation and Oxidation -- Disproportionation of sulfite -- Decomposition of sulfite and sulfate -- KINETICS: Chemical considerations -- Mess transfer and overall reaction models -- PROCESS CONSIDERATIONS: Standard boilers -- Fluidized bed combustion -- Limestone availability -- Fuel type -- Solids disposal and water pollution -- Recycling and regeneration -- ECONOMICS: Investment -- Operating costs -- HISTORY OF THE PROCESS -- CHEMISTRY -- KINETICS: Mathematical model -- Rate factors -- Transfer rates -- PROCESS AND DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS: Point of limestone introduction - boiler or scrubber -- Dust removal -- Gas precooling -- Limestone grinding -- Scrubber circuit design -- Scrubber-type and design -- Oxidation -- Scaling and plugging -- Mist elimination -- Gas reheat -- Waste disposal -- NEW DEVELOPMENTS: Use of weak acids -- Alkali-lime/limestone scrubbing -- Limestone scrubbing with lime cleanup -- Use of phosphatic limestone -- ECONOMICS: Investment -- Operating cost -- GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS -- INVESTMENT AND OPERATING COST FACTORS: Physical form of sorbent -- Sulfur content of fuel or ore -- New versus existing plant -- Plant size -- Plant complexity -- Dust removal -- Capacity factor -- Product type -- BASIS OF FINANCING -- PRODUCT MARKETING -- DUST REMOVAL: High temperature processes -- Solid sorbents, low temperature -- Liquid absorbents, low temperature -- Types of dust removal equipment -- SORPTION BY SOLIDS: Contactor design -- Granule resistance to cycling -- ABSORPTION BY LIQUIDS: Gas humidification and cooling -- Scrubber system design -- CONVERSION OF INTERMEDIATES: Sulfur dioxide -- Hydrogen sulfide -- Other intermediates -- NITROGEN OXIDES -- SULFITE-BISULFITE EQUILIBRIUM -- AMMONIA SCRUBBING: Absorption chemistry and kinetics -- Scrubber design -- Regeneration processes -- SODIUM COMPOUNDS: Absorption by solids -- Scrubbing processes -- POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS: Thermal regeneration -- Potassium formate scrubbing -- Reduction -- Precipitation -- MIXED CARBONATES -- MAGNESIUM: Analogy to magnesium-based wood pulping -- Scrubber design and performance -- Drying and calcination -- Process variations -- CALCIUM: Chemistry of absorption product regeneration -- Analogy to gypsum reduction -- Process variations in regeneration -- Nonregenerative methods -- Phosphate rock -- BARIUM -- CHEMISTRY OF METAL OXIDE SORPTION -- PROCESS VARIATIONS: Manganese oxides -- Copper oxide -- Zinc oxide -- Iron oxides -- CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL FACTORS -- PROCESS VARIATIONS: Regeneration by heating -- Regeneration by washing -- Regeneration by reduction -- OXIDATION IN DRY SYSTEMS: High temperature -- Low temperature -- OXIDATION IN AQUEOUS SYSTEMS -- REDUCTION: Reduction with H2S -- Reduction with CO -- Reduction with carbon -- ORGANIC SORBENTS -- FUEL GASIFICATION: Gas cleaning -- Applications of gasification.