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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2004
Thomas King Chow, Irvine, CA (US);
John Gebur, El Monte, CA (US);
Satish Reddy, Irvine, CA (US);
Vincent Wai Wong, Hacienda Heights, CA (US);
Thomas King Chow, Irvine, CA (US);
John Gebur, El Monte, CA (US);
Satish Reddy, Irvine, CA (US);
Vincent Wai Wong, Hacienda Heights, CA (US);
Fluor Technologies Corporation, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Abstract
Carbonyl sulfide (COS) from a COS-containing stream () is convened in a Claus plant () to elemental sulfur () by oxidation of a first portion of the COS-containing stream to SOand by hydrolysis of a second portion of the COS-containing stream to HS. In preferred aspects of the inventive subject matter, hydrolysis and/or oxidation of the COS is performed in the reactor furnace (), while hydrolysis of the COS is performed in the reactor furnace (), a hydrolysis reactor, and/or a catalytic converter ().