Sulphuric Acid Manufacture (Hardcover)

Chapter 1: Overview

Chapter 2: Production and Consumption

Chapter 3: Sulfur Burning

Chapter 4: Metallurgical Offgas Cooling and Cleaning

Chapter 5: Regeneration of Spent Sulfuric Acid

Chapter 6: Dehydrating Air and Gases with Strong Sulfuric Acid

Chapter 7: Catalytic Oxidation of SO₂ to SO₃

Chapter 8: SO₂ Oxidation Catalyst and Catalyst Beds

Chapter 9: Production of H₂SO₄(ℓ) from SO₃(g)

Chapter 10: Oxidation of SO₂ to SO₃ ? Equilibrium Curves

Chapter 11: SO₂ Oxidation Heatup Paths

Chapter 12: Maximum SO₂ Oxidation: Heatup Path-Equilibrium Curve Intercepts

Chapter 13: Cooling 1^st Catalyst Bed Exit Gas

Chapter 14: 2^nd Catalyst Bed Heatup Path

Chapter 15: Maximum SO₂ Oxidation in a 2^nd Catalyst Bed

Chapter 16: 3^rd Catalyst Bed SO₂ Oxidation

Chapter 17: SO₃ and CO₂ in Feed Gas

Chapter 18: 3 Catalyst Bed Acid Plant

Chapter 19: After-H₂SO₄-Making SO₂Oxidation

Chapter 20: Optimum Double Contact Acidmaking

Chapter 21: Enthalpies and Enthalpy Transfers

Chapter 22: Control of Gas Temperature by Bypassing

Chapter 23: H₂SO₄ Making

Chapter 24: Acid Temperature Control and Heat Recovery

Appendix A: Sulfuric Acid Properties

Appendix B: Derivation of Equilibrium Equation (10.12)

Appendix C: Free Energy Equations for Equilibrium Curve Calculations

Appendix D: Preparation of Fig. 10.2 Equilibrium Curve

Appendix E: Proof that Volume%= Mole% (for Ideal Gases)

Appendix F: Effect of CO₂ and Ar on Equilibrium Equations (None)

Appendix G: Enthalpy Equations for Heatup Path Calculations

Appendix H: Matrix Solving Using Tables 11.2 and 14.2 as Examples

Appendix I: Enthalpy Equations in Heatup Path Matrix Cells

Appendix J: Heatup Path-Equilibrium Curve Intercept Calculations

Appendix K: 2^nd Catalyst Bed Heatup Path Calculations

Appendix L: Equilibrium Equation for Multi-Catalyst Bed SO₂ Oxidation

Appendix M: 2^nd Catalyst Bed Intercept Calculations

Appendix N: 3

Appendix O: 3^rd Catalyst Bed Intercept Worksheet

Appendix P: Effect of SO₃ in Fig. 10.1 Feed Gas on Equilibrium Equations

Appendix Q: SO₃-in-Feed-Gas Intercept Worksheet

Appendix R: CO₂- and SO₃-in-Feed-Gas Intercept Worksheet

Appendix S: 3-Catalyst-Bed ‘Converter’ Calculations#

Appendix T: Worksheet for Calculating After-Intermediate-H₂SO₄-Making Heatup Path Equilibrium Curve Intercepts

Appendix U: After-H₂SO₄-Making SO₂ Oxidation with SO₃ and CO₂ in Input Gas

Appendix V: Moist Air in H₂SO₄ Making Calculations

Appendix W: Calculation of H₂SO₄ Making Tower Mass Flows

Answers to Numerical Problems

Author Index

Index