Wet SO2 Scrubbing of Pot Exhaust Gases with Lime or Limestone
摘要
In most cases, pot gases are scrubbed for SO2SO2 using the seawater process. But this only applies to smeltersSmelter that have access to seawater. Over recent years, smeltersSmelter in ChinaChina have had to install SO2SO2 scrubbers to meet the set limit of 35 mg SO2SO2 per Nm3. The inland smeltersSmelter have adopted both semi-dry and wet SO2 scrubbingSO2 scrubbing processes using lime (CaO) or limestone (CaCO3) to meet their new emissionsEmissions requirements. There are new smelterSmelter developments outside of ChinaChina that are not located on the coast and are facing SO2 scrubbingSO2 scrubbing requirements. These smeltersSmelter will have to consider other options, such as scrubbing with lime or limestone. This is new to many owners and engineers, and in this paper, we will have a closer look at the wet lime/limestone processWet lime/limestone process to provide an understanding of how this works and how it can be implemented in an aluminium smelterAluminium smelter.