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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 1997
Filed:
May. 29, 1996
Michael Heisel, Pullach, DE;
Freimut Marold, Ahornwohlbach, DE;
Martin Gwinner, Hohenschaftlarn, DE;
Linde Aktiengesellschaft, , DE;
Abstract
This invention is a method for the recovery of elemental sulfur from a gas mixture containing H.sub.2 S. The gas mixture is first subjected to desulfurization in a Claus installation which has a thermal part and a catalytic part resulting in the recovery of elemental sulfur. Sulfur compounds still contained in the Claus tail gas are then transformed into H.sub.2 S by means of hydrogenation and, if necessary, by means of hydrolysis and the hydrogenated Claus tail gas is subjected to catalytic direct oxidation of the H.sub.2 S to elemental sulfur. The Claus installation comprises exactly one catalytic stage and the catalytic direct oxidation also takes place in exactly one reactor. Sulfur recovery rates of 99.3% to 99.6% are achieved by the method of the invention.