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Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2003

Filed:

Dec. 06, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:

Richard William Watson, Near Ilkley, GB;

Stephen Rhys Graville, Sheffield, GB;

Assignee:

The BOC Group plc, Surrey, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 5/352 ; B01D 5/358 ; C01B 1/704 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 5/352 ; B01D 5/358 ; C01B 1/704 ;
Abstract

Sulphur is recovered from a first gas stream comprising hydrogen sulphide and at least 50% by volume of ammonia and from a second gas stream comprising hydrogen sulphide but essentially no ammonia, the first gas stream, the second gas stream, and combustion supporting gas comprising at least one stream of essentially pure oxygen or oxygen-enriched air are fed to a single combustion zone or a plurality of combustion zones in parallel with each other without premixing of first gas stream or the second gas stream with oxygen or air, and creating in the or each combustion zone at least one region in which thermal cracking of ammonia takes place, and taking from the reactor an effluent gas stream including sulphur vapor, sulphur dioxide, and hydrogen sulphide, but essentially no residual ammonia.


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