Off-gas processing | Claus tail gas treatment

Maximizing sulfur recovery from off-gases is extremely important in today’s oil and gas industry. Regulations tend to get tighter, forcing operators to constantly optimize the efficiency of their sulfur management units. Adding a tail gas treater to your Claus unit will enable you to meet the most stringent emission targets for final sulfur removal from refinery off-gases.

The feed for the tail gas unit consists mainly of nitrogen and water; however, it also contains compounds, such as SX, SO₂, COS, CS₂, CO H₂S, and H₂, which need further treatment. In a Claus tail gas treating unit, these compounds are hydrotreated and hydrolyzed to H₂S and CO₂. The H₂S is recycled for conversion in the Claus unit, allowing for overall maximum sulfur recovery. Topsoe offers a range of tail gas treatment catalysts that allow you to reach sulfur recoveries of 99.9%

The sulfur compounds from the Claus tail gas unit can also be converted to concentrated sulfuric acid using a wet gas sulfuric acid (WSA) process.

TK-220

TK-220 is a CoMo catalyst that is specifically developed for treating tail gases derived from Claus ...

TK-222

TK-222 is a CoMo catalyst specifically developed for treating tail gases derived from Claus or ...

TK-224

TK-224 is a CoMo catalyst that is specifically developed for treating tail gases derived from Claus ...

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