A/s Niro Atomizer

James R Donnelly

Preston L Veltman

Karsten S Felsvang

Ebbe S Jons

Per Morsing

Jens Andreasen

Spent absorbents resulting from desulfurization of flue gas in a spray drying-absorption process contain substantial amounts of sulfite, e.g. calcium sulfite. Said sulfite is oxidized into sulfate by heating of the spent absorbent in the presence of an oxygen-containing gas, preferably at temperatures of 350.degree.-600.degree. C. Thereby the spent absorbents may be converted into materials having industrial utility.

Process for flue gas desulfurization

A process for simultaneous removal of sulfur oxides (SO.sub.x) and nitrogen oxides (NO.sub.x) from gaseous mixtures (such as flue gases and industrial waste gases) containing them which comprises contacting the gaseous mixture with a particulate alkaline earth hydroxide and reaction products of the gaseous mixture and the hydroxide maintained in a moving bed reactor (preferably a fluid bed reactor) at a temperature of about 85.degree. C. to about 150.degree. C. in the presence of water vapor and oxygen and in the substantial absence of liquid water. A baghouse or other particle removal means preferably is employed to extract solid material such as fly ash and reaction products from the gaseous mixture being treated and to further capture unreacted SO.sub.x /NO.sub.x.

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James R Donnelly