Improve operations and enhance refinery sulfur recovery

Sulfur is a common contaminant in fossil fuels, released when these fuels are combusted. It causes acid rain and other environmental problems. Sulfur emissions have gained worldwide attention, resulting in tighter requirements for sulfur recovery facilities. New technologies and enhancements to existing technologies have emerged as a result. This overview presents many technologies used for sulfur recovery. It is organized around the unit operations of gas and liquid sweetening, sour water stripping, sulfur recovery, sulfur degassing and solidification, tail gas treating, and incineration. New technical and equipment innovations have resulted in sulfur recovery facilities that are more reliable, recover more sulfur, are easier to operate, and reduce capital and operating costs.