Sulfuric acid manufacture : analysis, control, and optimization

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. Content: Preface , Pages v-vi Chapter 1 - Overview , Pages 1-10 Chapter 2 - Production and Consumption , Pages 11-18 Chapter 3 - Sulfur Burning , Pages 19-30 Chapter 4 - Metallurgical Offgas Cooling and Cleaning , Pages 31-45 Chapter 5 - Regeneration of Spent Sulfuric Acid , Pages 47-57 Chapter 6 - Dehydrating Air and Gases with Strong Sulfuric Acid , Pages 59-69 Chapter 7 - Catalytic Oxidation of SO 2 to SO 3 , Pages 71-88 Chapter 8 - SO 2 Oxidation Catalyst and Catalyst Beds , Pages 89-98 Chapter 9 - Production of H 2 SO 4 (l) from SO 3 (g) , Pages 99-118 Chapter 10 - Oxidation of SO 2 to SO 3 — Equilibrium Curves , Pages 119-128 Chapter 11 - SO 2 Oxidation Heatup Paths , Pages 129-146 Chapter 12 - Maximum SO 2 Oxidation: Heatup Path-Equilibrium Curve Intercepts , Pages 147-158 Chapter 13 - Cooling 1 st Catalyst Bed Exit Gas , Pages 159-164 Chapter 14 - 2 nd Catalyst Bed Heatup Path , Pages 165-175 Chapter 15 - Maximum SO 2 Oxidation in a 2 nd Catalyst Bed , Pages 177-182 Chapter 16 - 3 rd Catalyst Bed SO 2 Oxidation , Pages 183-188 Chapter 17 - SO 3 and CO 2 in Feed Gas , Pages 189-198 Chapter 18 - 3 Catalyst Bed Acid Plant , Pages 199-210 Chapter 19 - After-H 2 SO 4 -Making SO 2 Oxidation , Pages 211-228 Chapter 20 - Optimum Double Contact Acidmaking , Pages 229-234 Chapter 21 - Enthalpies and Enthalpy Transfers , Pages 235-242 Chapter 22 - Control of Gas Temperature by Bypassing , Pages 243-251 Chapter 23 - H 2 SO 4 Making , Pages 253-269 Chapter 24 - Acid Temperature Control and Heat Recovery , Pages 271-286 Appendix A - Sulfuric Acid Properties , Pages 287-292 Appendix B - Derivation of Equilibrium Equation (10.12) , Pages 293-303 Appendix C - Free Energy Equations for Equilibrium Curve Calculations , Pages 304-305 Appendix D - Preparation of Fig. 10.2 Equilibrium Curve , Pages 306-308 Appendix E - Proof that Volume% = Mole% (for Ideal Gases) , Pages 309-310 Appendix F - Effect of CO 2 and Ar on Equilibrium Equations ( None ) , Pages 311-315 Appendix G - Enthalpy Equations for Heatup Path Calculations , Pages 316-319 Appendix H - Matrix Solving Using Tables 11.2 and 14.2 as Examples , Page 321 Appendix I - Enthalpy Equation in Heatup Path Matrix Cells , Pages 322-324 Appendix J - Heatup Path-Equilibrium Curve Intercept Calculations , Pages 326-332 Appendix K - 2 nd Catalyst Bed Heatup Path Calculations , Pages 333-335 Appendix L - Equilibrium Equation for Multi-Catalyst Bed SO 2 Oxidation , Pages 336-338 Appendix M - 2 nd Catalyst Bed Intercept Calculations , Pages 339-343 Appendix N - 3 rd Catalyst Bed Heatup Path Worksheet , Pages 344-345 Appendix O - 3 rd Catalyst Bed Intercept Worksheet , Pages 346-347 Appendix P - Effect of SO 3 in Fig. 10.1 Feed Gas on Equilibrium Equations , Pages 348-354 Appendix Q - SO 3 -in-Feed-Gas Intercept Worksheet , Pages 356-357 Appendix R - CO 2 - and SO 3 -in-Feed-Gas Intercept Worksheet , Pages 358-359 Appendix S - 3-Catalyst-Bed ‘Converter’ Calculations , Pages 360-366 Appendix T - Worksheet for Calculating After-Intermediate-H 2 SO 4 -Making Heatup Path Equilibrium Curve Intercepts , Pages 367-368 Appendix U - After-H 2 SO 4 -Making SO 2 Oxidation with SO 3 and CO 2 in Input Gas , Pages 370-374 Appendix V - Moist Air in H 2 SO 4 Making Calculations , Pages 375-377 Appendix W - Calculation of H 2 SO 4 Making Tower Mass Flows , Pages 378-381 Answers to Numerical Problems , Pages 383-394 Author Index , Pages 395-396 Index , Pages 397-413 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. Sulfuric is a corrosive and dangerous acid, if not manufactured, used, and regulated properly. This work analyzes the process of sulfuric acid manufacture. It focuses on the chemical plant processes involved in industrial acid making. It examines the processes of sulfuric acid manufacture from an industrial plant standpoint, and also mathematical