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Chemical Cleaning of Coal — The Oxydesulfurization Process

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Mass Transfer with Chemical Reaction in Multiphase Systems

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One of the major uses of coal is to burn it directly in power plants; our objective is to burn coal in an environmentally acceptable manner. This requires the removal of sulfur so that EPA standards for the omission of sulfur oxides in power plants are met. This paper briefly reviews the present state of the art for the chemical removal of sulfur from coal via an oxidation process. A brief summary of the existing sulfur removal processes and their economics along with the chemistry and kinetics of inorganic and organic sulfur removal from coal and the reactor design considerations are outlined.

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    Erdoğan Alper B.Sc., Ph.D. (Cantab) (Professor of Chemical Engineering) (Professor of Chemical Engineering)

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Shah, Y.T., Albal, R.S. (1983). Chemical Cleaning of Coal — The Oxydesulfurization Process. In: Alper, E. (eds) Mass Transfer with Chemical Reaction in Multiphase Systems. NATO ASI Series, vol 72/73. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-6900-2_38

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