Sulfuric Acid Manufacture

Analysis, Control and Optimization

Matt King, Michael Moats (University of Utah, UT, USA), William G. Davenport (Emeritus Prof. William Davenport, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Arizona, Tuscon, AZ, USA)

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Elsevier / The Lancet
29 May 2013

Heavy chemicals

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 minimum environmental impact. Using a combination of practical experience and deep physical analysis, Davenport and King review sulfur manufacturing in the contemporary world where regulatory guidance is becoming ever tighter (and where new processes are being required to meet them), and where water consumption and energy considerations are being brought to bear on sulfuric acid plant operations. This 2e will examine in particular newly developed acid-making processes and new methods of minimizing unwanted sulfur emissions.

The target readers are recently graduated science and engineering students who are entering the chemical industry and experienced professionals within chemical plant design companies, chemical plant production companies, sulfuric acid recycling companies and sulfuric acid users. They will use the book to design, control, optimize and operate sulfuric acid plants around the world.

By: Matt King, Michael Moats (University of Utah, UT, USA), William G. Davenport (Emeritus Prof. William Davenport, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Arizona, Tuscon, AZ, USA)
Imprint: Elsevier / The Lancet
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd edition
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 151mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 960g
ISBN: 9780080982205
ISBN 10: 0080982204
Pages: 608
Publication Date: 29 May 2013
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Overview 2. Production and Consumption 3. Sulfur Burning 4. Metallurgical Offgas Cooling and Cleaning 5. Regeneration of Spent Sulfuric Acid 6. Dehydrating Air and Gases with Strong Sulfuric Acid 7. Catalytic Oxidation of SO2 to SO3 8.SO2 Oxidation Catalyst and Catalyst Beds 9. Production of H2SO4(l) from SO3(g) 10. Oxidation of SO2 to SO3 – Equilibrium Curves 11. SO2 Oxidation Heatup Paths 12. Maximum SO2 Oxidation: Heatup Path-Equilibrium Curve Intercepts 13. Cooling 1st Catalyst Bed Exit Gas 14. 2nd Catalyst Bed Heatup Path 15. Maximum SO2 Oxidation in a 2nd Catalyst Bed 16. 3rd Catalyst Bed SO2 Oxidation 17. SO3 and CO2 in Feed Gas 18. 3 Catalyst Bed Acid Plants 19. After-H2SO4-Making SO2 Oxidation 20. Optimum Double Contact Acidmaking 21. Enthalpies and Enthalpy Transfers 22. Control of Gas Temperature by Bypassing 23. H2SO4 Making 24. Acid Temperature Control and Heat Recovery 25. Making Sulfuric Acid from Wet Feed Gas 26. Other New Sulfuric Acid Manufacturing Processes 27. SO3 Gas Recycle for High SO2 Concentration Gas Treatment 28. Sulfur-from-Tailgas Removal Processes 29. Minimizing Sulfur Emissions 30. Optim

Professor Davenport is a PhD (U. of London) metallurgical engineer who has taught and consulted for 50 years. He has authored five metallurgical books, which have gone into multiple English and foreign language editions. He has long had an interest in rare earths and has read widely on the subject and visited several industrial rare earth users and recyclers.

Reviews for Sulfuric Acid Manufacture: Analysis, Control and Optimization

The 2006 first edition has been updated with seven new chapters, and one additional author, Moats.They consider such topics as metallurgical offgas cooling and cleaning, the catalytic oxidation of S2 to S3, the second catalyst bed heatup path, the three catalyst bed acid plant, acid temperature and control and heat recovery, wet sulfuric acid process fundamentals, and the cost of sulfuric acid production. --Reference & Research Book News, December 2013