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High pressure-low pressure steam system for extended claus sulfur recovery plant

CA 2026555 C · Owner: Amoco Corporation · Inventors: Pendergraft, Paul T.

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In a Claus process sulfur recovery plant of the type having at least three reactors operated alternately under high temperature Claus conditions and under cold bed adsorption conditions, an emissions-affecting pressure surge in a low pressure steam delivery system due to a high pressure to low pressure transition in a switched sulfur condenser is avoided by providing a dedicated low pressure condenser in the process gas stream at times when switching a condenser from a high pressure to a low pressure system would otherwise cause the emissions-affecting pressure surge to occur. Recoveries are maintained at high levels and operating difficulties with a prior art plant are avoided.

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  • Filed September 28, 1990 and granted June 2, 1998. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 28, 2010.
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FiledSeptember 28, 1990
GrantedJune 2, 1998
Term endedSeptember 28, 2010
Patent numberCA 2026555 C
Classification (IPC)C01B17/04

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedSep 28, 1990Patent grantedJune 2, 1998Term endedSep 28, 2010

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