Main Title |
Operation of a sulfuric acid plant using blended copper smelter gases / |
Author |
Carpenter, B. H., ;
Carpenter, Ben H.
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CORP Author |
Research Triangle Inst., Research Triangle Park, N.C.;Industrial Environmental Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, N.C. |
Publisher |
Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development ; For sale by the National Technical Information Service, |
Year Published |
1976 |
Report Number |
EPA-600/2-76-199; EPA-68-02-1325; EPA-ROAP-21AUY-05 |
Stock Number |
PB-258 649 |
OCLC Number |
02760480 |
ISBN |
pbk. |
Subjects |
Sulfuric acid industry--North Carolina ;
Sulfuric acid industry--Yugoslavia ;
Smelting ;
Sulphuric acid industry--North Carolina ;
Sulphuric acid industry--Yugoslavia
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Additional Subjects |
Air pollution abatement ;
Copper ores ;
Smelting ;
Sulfur oxides ;
Sulfuric acid ;
Flue gases ;
Carbon dioxide ;
Plumes ;
Opacity ;
Gas flow ;
Reverberatory furnaces ;
Electrostatic precipitators ;
Reclamation ;
Industrial plants ;
Sulfuric acid plants
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Internet Access |
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EJBD |
EPA 600-2-76-199 |
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Headquarters Library/Washington,DC |
10/31/2016 |
EKBD |
EPA-600/2-76-199 |
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Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC |
06/20/2003 |
ELBD ARCHIVE |
EPA 600-2-76-199 |
Received from HQ |
AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH |
10/04/2023 |
ESAD |
EPA 600-2-76-199 |
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Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA |
03/23/2010 |
NTIS |
PB-258 649 |
Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. |
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07/26/2022 |
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Collation |
vi, 45 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. |
Abstract |
A high degree of control of SOx emissions at copper smelters can be obtained by blending reverberatory furnace gases with gases from roasters and converters and using the combined stream as feed to a sulfuric acid plant. The Bor Copper Smelter in Bor, Yugoslavia, experimented with this technique for a short time and reported that visible plumes of acid mist were emitted from their acid plant stack. This was attributed to the carbon dioxide present in the reverb gases, which was presumed to decrease the absorption of SO3 with the unabsorbed SO3 emitted as a mist. The results of this study indicate that the visible plume produced at the acid plant at Bor, Yugoslavia, when reverberatory furnace gases were added to its feed stream were caused by factors other than the presence of CO2. The visible plume could most likely have resulted from additional sulfuric acid mist loads imposed upon the wet electrostatic precipitator (ESP) that receives cooled smelter gases from the acid plant cooling system. Factors which could have increased the mist content of the blended gases when the reverberatory furnace gases were included are discussed. |
Notes |
Prepared by Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, N.C., under contract no. 68-02-1325, task 33, ROAP no. 21AUY-057, program element no. 1AB015. Includes bibliographical references (pages 38-40). |