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 haza...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Davenport, W. G ((William George))
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: King, Matthew J
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam London Elsevier 2006
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Table of contents only
Table of Contents:
  • 24 Chapters, including the following:
  • Production and Consumption (chapter 2)
  • Regeneration of Spent Sulfuric Acid (chapter 5)
  • Catalytic Oxidation of SO2 to SO3 (chapter 7)
  • Production of H2SO4 from SO3 (chapter 9)
  • Catalyst Bed (chapters 13-16)
  • Optimum Double Contact Acidmaking (chapter 20)
  • H2SO4 Making (chapter 23)
  • Acid Temperature Control and Heat Recovery (chapter 24)
  • Appendices
  • Answers to Numerical Problems