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Title: Determination of dispersion parameters for oxidizing air and the oxidation rate of calcium sulfites in a pilot desulfurization plant

Journal Article · · Theoretical Foundations of Chemical Engineering
OSTI ID:229745
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  1. AO Desulfurization Automated Systems, Moscow (Russian Federation); and others

In the effort to remove sulfur oxides from waste gases, the widest use is gained by desulfurization plants based on wet collection of sulfur dioxide in empty absorbers in which a limestone-gypsum suspension is sprayed, with gypsum being produced as a commodity product. Dispersion of oxidizing air in a model liquid and the oxidation rate of calcium sulfites in a suspension contained in the sump of a pilot desulfurization plant absorber are studied experimentally. Flow velocities, bubble trajectories, and oxidation rates were determined and are presented.

OSTI ID:
229745
Journal Information:
Theoretical Foundations of Chemical Engineering, Vol. 29, Issue 5; Other Information: PBD: Oct 1995; TN: Translated from Teoreticheskie Osnovy Khimicheskoi Tekhnologii; 29: No. 5, 504-510(1995)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English