Chemistry of inorganic compounds – Modifying or removing component of normally gaseous mixture – Carbon dioxide or hydrogen sulfide component
Patent
1978-03-07
1979-07-10
Thomas, Earl C.
Chemistry of inorganic compounds
Modifying or removing component of normally gaseous mixture
Carbon dioxide or hydrogen sulfide component
423223, 423232, 423228, B01D 5334
Patent
active
041608100
ABSTRACT:
A process for removing acid gases such as CO.sub.2 and H.sub.2 S from gas streams using an aqueous alkaline scrubbing solution which is circulated between an absorption and regeneration stage wherein the stripping steam for regeneration is derived at least partly from the hot feed gas to be purified. The thermal efficiency of the process is substantially improved by first heat-exchanging the hot feed gas with the scrubbing solution to raise stripping steam and then heat-exchanging the hot feed gas with water (which is preferably condensate water produced in the scrubbing process) in a second heat exchanger operating under reduced pressure, thus recovering additional low-level heat from the feed gas and producing low-pressure steam which is compressed and then utilized as additional stripping steam. In a preferred embodiment, additional low-pressure steam is generated by also flashing off low-pressure steam from the regenerated scrubbing solution and compressing this steam together with the steam produced in the second heat exchanger for use as stripping steam.
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Benson Homer E.
McCrea Donald H.
Benfield Corporation
Epes William M.
Thomas Earl C.
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