Patent ID: 6279514
Filing Date: 2001-08-28
Classification: C01B,Y02P

Abstract:
In a sulfuric acid production plant including a drying tower for drying air with circulating concentrated sulfuric acid for burning molten sulfur serving as a material, a sulfur combustion furnace for burning the molten sulfur to produce sulfur dioxide, a converter for converting the sulfur dioxide to sulfur trioxide, and an absorption tower for causing the circulating concentrated sulfuric acid to absorb the sulfur trioxide produced by the conversion of the sulfur dioxide, a heat recovery method of heating the water to be supplied to a boiler by utilizing the heat generated by drying and/or absorption in the drying tower for drying the sulfur burning air or the sulfur dioxide and/or in the absorption tower for causing the circulating concentrated sulfuric acid to absorb the sulfur trioxide produced by the conversion of the sulfur dioxide.