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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 25, 1997
David L Johnson, Glen Mills, PA (US);
Khushrav E Nariman, Mount Laurel, NJ (US);
David L Stern, Mount Laurel, NJ (US);
Mobil Oil Corporation, Fairfax, VA (US);
Abstract
This invention describes a process for the scrubbing of sulfur oxides from the effluent of conventional wet lime/limestone SOx reduction processes in coal or oil-fired plants. The sulfur oxides are oxidatively sorbed onto solid sorbents such as magnesium aluminate spinel. Reduction with the appropriate reducing gases (such as hydrogen) regenerates the catalyst, also yielding a process stream concentrated in SOx. This concentrated SOx stream can then be refed to the front end of the coal or oil-fired plants, with the SOx thus produced ultimately being removed in the conventional wet scrubbing technology.