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Patented July 5, 1966
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11 Claims. (01. 23-176)
This application is a continuation-in-part of applica
tion Serial No. 89,137, ?led February 14, 1961, now
abandoned.
Sulfuric acid can be prepared catalytically by burning
industrially produced sulfur dioxide in admixture with 15 di?icult technically to maintain the necessary tempera
excess air while passing the gases at a suitable tempera
ences, it has in fact been found that the gas which has
lead to a reduction of S02 concentration to below 0.05% 70 to absorption and is cooled and heated as has been de
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oxidation stage at the initiation temperature obtaining
invention; and
FIG. 2 is a ?ow sheet for another procedure accord 20 be supplied to the catalytical reaction without puri?cation
and without cooling, can be utilized for power generation.
ing to the invention.
The invention is further described in the following ex
In the drawings, like reference characters refer to
amples. In the examples, the initiation temperature of
corresponding parts.
a gas fed to a subsequent stage and from which 50;, has
Referring to FIG. 1, a sulfur dioxide containing gas
is introduced into a ?rst oxidation stage 4 and from this 25 been removed, is compared with the initiation tempera
ture of the gas fed to the preceding stage, as indicating the
oxidation stage, the product gas passes through an
signi?cance of the invention. The signi?cance of the in
absorber 6 wherein some of the sulfur trioxide present in
vention is at least this much, since the initiation tempera
the gas is absorbed by contacting the gas with sulfuric
ture of the gas before 80;, removal is as high or higher
acid. The product gas from the absorber is passed in
indirect heat exchange relation with the product gas 30 than the initiation temperature of the gas fed to the
preceding stage.
from the ?rst oxidation stage in the heat exchanger 5.
Example 1a
From the heat exchanger 5, the product gas of the
absorber passes through the second oxidation stage 8,
In an industrially produced roasting gas with 9.3% of
wherein the ?nal conversion is effected.
S02 and preheated to the initiation temperature of 450 C.
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It is ad
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Auden, H. A.: Sulfuric Acid and Its Manufacture,