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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 1991
Filed:
Apr. 29, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Donald H Stowe, Jr, Beaver, PA (US);
Assignee:
Dravo Lime Company, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
423242 ;
Abstract
A process for desulfurizing sulfur dioxide-containing gases wherein the sulfur-containing gases are contacted with an aqueous solution of magnesium hydroxide in a wet scrubber, wherein magnesium sulfite and magnesium bisulfite are formed, a portion of spent scrubbing medium is subjected to oxidation to convert the magnesium sulfite and the magnesium bisulfite therein to magnesium sulfate, the oxidized product is contacted with a magnesium-containing lime slurry to obtain magnesium hydroxide and calcium sulfate, calcium sulfate is separated from the resulting product and the magnesium hydroxide is recycled to the scrubber.