Process for producing sulfur dioxide and sulfur trioxide

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PATENT NO 8679447
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13976685

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SO3 is formed from a replenished circulating inventory of fresh and recycled SO2. Also, a feed stream of replenished SO2 is heated by indirect heat exchange with a hot stream of SO2 and SO3 whereby the hot stream is cooled for separating the two gases. The heated feed stream of replenished SO2 serves as a hot gaseous feed to a sulfur burner. This SO2 feed is divided into two feed streams, one being oxygenated with pure oxygen and the other remains as an SO2 feed. These feeds plus a feed of molten sulfur are concurrently and separately introduced into the sulfur burner where additional SO2 is formed via continuous exothermic reaction. Although heated, the oxygenated feed(s) of SO2 bring in the needed oxygen for the reaction and the feeds of the oxygenated and non-oxygenated SO2 serve as a heat sink in the sulfur burner to reduce the temperature therein.

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ALBEMARLE CORPORATION4250 CONGRESS STREET SUITE 900 CHARLOTTE NC 28209

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Hall, Tyson J Baton Rouge, US 10 20
Selzer, Jason M Baton Rouge, US 1 0
Vasaiwala, Utkarsh R Baton Rouge, US 1 0

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