摘要 |
PURPOSE:To separation recover NH3 as NH4 salt of a mineral acid and prevent corrosion of the apparatus due to hydrogen sulfide acidified with the mineral acid, by contacting a gas contg. H2S and NH3 to mother liquor of the mineral acid contg. a high b.p., nitrogen-contg. heterocyclic cpd. CONSTITUTION:Effluent from a process for hydrodesulfurizing a petroleum fraction contg. S and N is supplied to effluent stripper 3 through conduit 1 and heat exchanger 2. A mixed gas mainly consisting of H2S and NH3 stripped is fed to NH3 absorption tower 5, and a regenerated absorbing soln. from the bottom of stripper 3 is recycled through conduit 6. Tower 5 is filled with mother liquor of a mineral acid such as sulfuric acid, and the acid contains 0.1-2 wt% of a nitrogen-contg. heterocyclic cpd. of a b.p. above 115 deg.C, e.g. quinolines or isoquinolines. Sulfuric acid and the corrosion inhibitor are supplied from conduits 7 and 8, respectively, and gas from conduit 4 is introduced into the mother liquor as bubbles to recover NH3 as ammonium sulfate. Corrosion of the apparatus due to hydrogen sulfide acidified with sulfuric acid is prevented with the heterocyclic cpd. |