Description
More sulfuric acid is produced every year than any other chemical. It has a wide range of uses including phosphate fertilizer production, explosives, glue, wood preservatives, and lead-acid batteries. It is also a particularily corrosive and dangerous acid, with extreme environmental and health hazards if not manufactured, used, and regulated properly.Sulfuric Acid Manufacture: Analysis, Control and Optimization keeps the important topics of safety and regulation at the forefront as it overviews and analyzes the process of sulfuric acid manufacture.The first nine chapters focus on the chemical plant processes involved in industrial acidmaking, with considerable data input from the authors' industrial colleagues. The last 15 chapters are dedicated to the mathematical analysis of acidmaking.Both Authors bring years of hands-on knowledge and experience to the work, making it an exceptional reference for anyone involved in sulfuric acid research and/or manufacture.* Only book to examine the processes of sulfuric acid manufacture from an industrial plant standpoint as well as mathematical.* Draws on the industrial connections of the authors, through their years of hands-on experience in sulfuric acid manufacture.* A considerable amount of industrial plant data is presented to support the text.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: OverviewChapter 2: Production and ConsumptionChapter 3: Sulfur BurningChapter 4: Metallurgical Offgas Cooling and CleaningChapter 5: Regeneration of Spent Sulfuric AcidChapter 6: Dehydrating Air and Gases with Strong Sulfuric AcidChapter 7: Catalytic Oxidation of SO2 to SO3Chapter 8: SO2 Oxidation Catalyst and Catalyst BedsChapter 9: Production of H2SO4(ℓ) from SO3(g)Chapter 10: Oxidation of SO2 to SO3 – Equilibrium CurvesChapter 11: SO2 Oxidation Heatup PathsChapter 12: Maximum SO2 Oxidation: Heatup Path-Equilibrium Curve InterceptsChapter 13: Cooling 1st Catalyst Bed Exit GasChapter 14: 2nd Catalyst Bed Heatup PathChapter 15: Maximum SO2 Oxidation in a 2nd Catalyst BedChapter 16: 3rd Catalyst Bed SO2 OxidationChapter 17: SO3 and CO2 in Feed GasChapter 18: 3 Catalyst Bed Acid PlantChapter 19: After-H2SO4-Making SO2OxidationChapter 20: Optimum Double Contact AcidmakingChapter 21: Enthalpies and Enthalpy TransfersChapter 22: Control of Gas Temperature by BypassingChapter 23: H2SO4 MakingChapter 24: Acid Temperature Control and Heat RecoveryAppendix A: Sulfuric Acid PropertiesAppendix B: Derivation of Equilibrium Equation (10.12)Appendix C: Free Energy Equations for Equilibrium Curve CalculationsAppendix D: Preparation of Fig. 10.2 Equilibrium CurveAppendix E: Proof that Volume%= Mole% (for Ideal Gases)Appendix F: Effect of CO2 and Ar on Equilibrium Equations (None)Appendix G: Enthalpy Equations for Heatup Path CalculationsAppendix H: Matrix Solving Using Tables 11.2 and 14.2 as ExamplesAppendix I: Enthalpy Equations in Heatup Path Matrix CellsAppendix J: Heatup Path-Equilibrium Curve Intercept CalculationsAppendix K: 2nd Catalyst Bed Heatup Path CalculationsAppendix L: Equilibrium Equation for Multi-Catalyst Bed SO2 OxidationAppendix M: 2nd Catalyst Bed Intercept CalculationsAppendix N: 3Appendix O: 3rd Catalyst Bed Intercept WorksheetAppendix P: Effect of SO3 in Fig. 10.1 Feed Gas on Equilibrium EquationsAppendix Q: SO3-in-Feed-Gas Intercept WorksheetAppendix R: CO2- and SO3-in-Feed-Gas Intercept WorksheetAppendix S: 3-Catalyst-Bed 'Converter' Calculations#Appendix T: Worksheet for Calculating After-Intermediate-H2SO4-Making Heatup Path Equilibrium Curve InterceptsAppendix U: After-H2SO4-Making SO2 Oxidation with SO3 and CO2 in Input GasAppendix V: Moist Air in H2SO4 Making CalculationsAppendix W: Calculation of H2SO4 Making Tower Mass FlowsAnswers to Numerical ProblemsAuthor IndexIndex
