Inventors:
Norman Ostroff - Stamford CT
Nurhan E. Takvoryan - Norwalk CT
Assignee:
UOP Inc. - Des Plaines IL
International Classification:
C01B 1700, C01F 1146, C01F 100
Abstract:
In the scrubbing of sulfur compound containing stack gases, there is an advantage to converting calcium sulfite to calcium sulfate downstream from the scrubber in order to provide for smaller sludge handling equipment and to form a more usable sludge. Thus, in the present operation, there is provided an ozonation of the withdrawn scrubber bottoms slurry to effect the conversion of calcium sulfite in such slurry to calcium sulfate.