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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2001
Bruce A. Salisbury, Farmington, NM (US);
Kelly L. Baird, Bloomfield, NM (US);
Calvin C. Webb, Bloomfield, NM (US);
Pinnacle West Capital Corporation, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Abstract
A galvanic cell system ( ) in fluid communication with a dewatering system ( ) of an inhibited oxidation scrubber ( ) removes an oxidation catalyst, i.e., solution phase iron ( ), from the process liquor ( ) produced by the dewatering system ( ) and replaces the iron ( ) with magnesium ( ) in an oxidation-reduction reaction. An electrolytic cell system ( ) in fluid communication with a dewatering system ( ) of a forced oxidation scrubber ( ) removes an oxidation inhibitor, i.e., solution phase aluminum ( ), from the process liquor ( ) produced by the dewatering system ( ) and replaces the aluminum ( ) with iron ( ) in an oxidation-reduction reaction. The process liquor ( ) is subsequently returned to the scrubber ( ) with the solution phase metal ( ) selectively removed, thereby enhancing the scrubbing efficiency of the scrubber ( ).