Societe Nationale Elf Aquitaine

Societe Nationale Elf Aquitaine (production)

Jacques Batteux

Claude Blanc

Pierre Grancher

Ahmad Sharonizadeh

Alain Godard

Process and device for deacidification of a gas containing H.sub.2 S

The present invention relates to a process for regenerating an absorbent solution, for example an aqueous solution of an alkanolamine, containing acid compounds such as CO.sub.2 and/or H.sub.2 S, in which said compounds are released by heating and/or stripped away. The regenerated absorbent solution, drawn off from the regeneration zone, is subject to a plurality of successive expansions with formation of a vapor in the course of each expansion, and the vapor thus formed is gradually compressed to form a compressed vapor, which is introduced into the regeneration zone. Such a process of regeneration with expansion of the regenerated solution is used in the regenerative processes for scrubbing gases containing acid compounds and renders possible an appreciable overall saving of energy.

Process and installation for regenerating an absorbent solution

The invention concerns a process for the purification of residual industrial gases containing a small quantity of H.sub.2 S, SO.sub.2, CS.sub.2, COS, or possibly sulfur vapor, as well as large amounts of H.sub.2 O, CO.sub.2 and N.sub.2 in which the residual gases are first subjected to a catalytic reduction in which all the sulfur compounds are transformed into H.sub.2 S, and thereafter washed by an aqueous amine solution before being burnt and discarded into the atmosphere, while the aqueous amine solution is regenerated by heating and the gases given off, comprising H.sub.2 S and CO.sub.2, are returned to the sulfur manufacturing plant. The process is characterized in that the temperature of the gas to be treated is permanently maintained at a level higher than the dew-point of the water contained in the gases at all points of the process, thereby insuring that substantially all H.sub.2 O contained in the residual gases is discarded into the atmosphere.

Process for the purification of residual industrial gases containing

The invention concerns a process for the purification of residual industrial gases containing a small quantity of H.sub.2 S, SO.sub.2, CS.sub.2 COS, or possibly sulfur vapor, as well as large amounts of H.sub.2 O, CO.sub.2 and N.sub.2 in which the residual gases are first subjected to a catalytic reduction in which all the sulfur compounds are transformed into H.sub.2 S, and thereafter washed by an aqueous amine solution before being burnt and discarded into the atmosphere, while the aqueous amine solution is regenerated by heating and the gases given off, comprising H.sub.2 S and CO.sub.2, are returned to the sulfur manufacturing plant. The process is characterized in that the temperature of the gas to be treated is permanently maintained at a level higher than the dew-point of the water contained in the gases at all points of the process, thereby insuring that substantially all H.sub.2 O contained in the residual gases is discarded into the atmosphere.

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