Sulfuric acid manufacture : analysis, control, and optimization / by Matthew J. King, Perth, Western Australia, William G. Davenport, Tucson, Arizona, Michael S. Moats, Rolla, Missouri.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

King, Matthew J.

Davenport, W. G. (William George), author.

Moats, Michael S., author.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sulfuric acid.

Sulfuric acid industry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 511 pages) : illustrations (some color), map

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

San Diego, Calif. : Elsevier, c2013.

Burlington, MA : Elsevier, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

By some measure the most widely produced chemical in the world today, sulfuric acid has an extraordinary range of modern uses, including phosphate fertilizer production, explosives, glue, wood preservative and lead-acid batteries. An exceptionally corrosive and dangerous acid, production of sulfuric acid requires stringent adherence to environmental regulatory guidance within cost-efficient standards of production. This work provides an experience-based review of how sulfuric acid plants work, how they should be designed and how they should be operated for maximum sulfur capture and

Contents:

Front Cover; Sulfuric Acid Manufacture: Analysis, Control, and Optimization; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Overview; 1.1. Catalytic oxidation of SO2 to SO3; 1.1.1. Catalyst; 1.1.2. Feed gas drying; 1.2. H2SO4 production; 1.3. Industrial flowsheet; 1.4. Sulfur burning; 1.5. Metallurgical offgas; 1.6. Spent acid regeneration; 1.7. Sulfuric acid product; 1.8. Recent developments; 1.9. Alternative processes; 1.9.1. Wet gas sulfuric acid; 1.9.2. Sulfacid®; 1.10. Summary; References; Suggested reading; Chapter 2: Production and consumption; 2.1. Uses; 2.2. Acid plant locations

2.3. Price2.4. Summary; References; Suggested reading; Chapter 3: Sulfur burning; 3.1. Objectives; 3.2. Sulfur; 3.2.1. Viscosity; 3.3. Molten sulfur delivery; 3.3.1. Sulfur pumps and pipes; 3.4. Sulfur atomizers and sulfur burning furnaces; 3.4.1. Sulfur atomizers; 3.4.2. Dried air supply; 3.4.3. Main blower; 3.4.4. Furnace; 3.5. Product gas; 3.5.1. Gas destination; 3.5.2. Composition and temperature control; 3.5.3. Target gas composition; 3.5.4. Target gas temperature; 3.6. Heat recovery boiler; 3.7. Summary; References; Suggested reading; Chapter 4: Metallurgical offgas cooling and cleaning

4.1. Initial and final SO2 concentrations4.2. Initial and final dust concentrations; 4.3. Offgas cooling and heat recovery; 4.4. Electrostatic collection of dust; 4.5. Water scrubbing (Tables4.5 and 4.6); 4.5.1. Gas temperature after scrubbing; 4.5.2. Impure scrubbing liquid; 4.5.3. Mercury removal (Outotec, 2011; Schlesinger et al., 2011); 4.5.4. Fluorine removal; 4.6. H2O(g) removal from scrubber exit gas (Tables4.5 and 4.6); 4.7. Summary; References; Suggested reading; Chapter 5: Regeneration of spent sulfuric acid; 5.1. Spent acid compositions; 5.2. Spent acid handling

5.3. Decomposition5.3.1. Other reactions; 5.3.2. Spent acid spraying; 5.4. Decomposition furnace product; 5.5. Optimum decomposition furnace operating conditions; 5.5.1. Temperature effects; 5.5.2. O2 content effects; 5.6. Preparation of offgas for SO2 oxidation and H2SO4 making; 5.6.1. Gas composition; 5.7. Summary; References; Suggested Reading; Chapter 6: Dehydrating air and gases with strong sulfuric acid; 6.1. Chapter objectives; 6.1.1. H2O(g) before gas dehydration; 6.2. Dehydration with strong sulfuric acid; 6.2.1. H2O(g) concentration after gas dehydration

6.2.2. Choice of dehydration acid strength6.3. Dehydration reaction mechanism; 6.3.1. Maximizing dehydration rate; 6.4. Residence times; 6.5. Recent advances; 6.6. Summary; References; Chapter 7: Catalytic oxidation of SO2 to SO3*; 7.1. Objectives; 7.2. Industrial SO2 oxidation; 7.2.1. Source of O2; 7.3. Catalyst necessity; 7.3.1. Temperature effect; 7.4. SO2 oxidation ``heatup ́ ́ path (Chapter 11); 7.5. Industrial multicatalyst bed SO2 oxidation (Tables 7.2-7.7); 7.5.1. Overall multicatalyst bed results; 7.5.2. Double contact acidmaking; 7.6. Industrial operation (Table7.2); 7.6.1. Startup

7.6.2. Steady operation

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed June 14, 2013).

ISBN:

9780080982267

0080982263

OCLC:

847141234