DESULFURIZATION OF GAS BYAMINE CONTAINING WASHING SOLUTION

摘要

pThe gas which contains sulfur compounds consisting of H2S and/or COS is scrubbed with an absorbent solution which contains at least one amine. The gas to be desulfurized which enters the scrubbing zone is at a temperature in the range of 25 DEG to 100 DEG C. and rises in the scrubbing zone in a countercurrent to the scrubbing solution. The gas leaving the absorbent solution is indirectly cooled to a temperature which is at least 20 DEG C. below the entrance temperature of the gas and is not below 5 DEG C. The indirect cooling results in a condensate, which contains at least one secondary amine. That condensate is passed through the scrubbing zone as an absorbent solution. The condensate leaving the scrubbing zone contains at least 10 moles secondary amine and preferably at least 100 moles secondary amine per mole H2S and COS in the gas to be desulfurized. The gas to be desulfurized suitably contains secondary amine used in the absorbent solution as well as an organic solvent, such as methanol, ethanol or isopropanol./p[US4532116A]