Continental Oil Company

William E Clark

In methods for combusting carbonaceous sulfur-containing fuels in a fluidized bed wherein the fluidized bed contains at least one calcium compound selected from the group consisting of calcium oxide, calcium hydroxide, calcium carbonate and calcium bicarbonate to absorb sulfur oxides formed during the combustion of the carbonaceous fuel thereby producing calcium sulfoxy compounds having the formula CaSO.sub.x wherein x is 3 or 4, an improvement comprising (a) withdrawing a stream of fluidized bed solids containing said calcium sulfoxy compounds and mixing the fluidized bed solids and said calcium sulfoxy compounds with water to produce a slurry; (b) reacting the CaSO.sub.x compounds with NH.sub.3, H.sub.2 O and CO.sub.2 to produce water-soluble ammonium sulfoxy compounds such as NH.sub.4 (HSO.sub.x) where x is 3 or 4 and CaCO.sub.3 ; and (c) separating the ammonium sulfoxy compounds from the fluidized bed solids and CaCO.sub.3.

Method for regenerating calcium sulfoxy compounds produced in the

A method for converting calcium sulfoxy compounds selected from the group consisting of CaSO.sub.x and Ca(HSO.sub.x).sub.2 and their hydrates wherein x is 3 or 4 into calcium carbonate, the method consisting essentially of; converting the Ca(HSO.sub.x).sub.2 compounds into CaSO.sub.x compounds by reacting the Ca(HSO.sub.x).sub.2 compounds with calcium carbonate in the presence of water, thereafter reacting the CaSO.sub.x compounds with ammonia and carbon dioxide in the presence of water to produce NH.sub.4 (HSO.sub.x) wherein x is 3 or 4 and calcium carbonate, thereafter separating the NH.sub.4 (HSO.sub.x) and calcium carbonate and reacting the NH.sub.4 (HSO.sub.x) with carbon to produce ammonia, hydrogen sulfide and carbon oxides.

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William E Clark