Wet sulfuric acid process
The wet sulfuric acid process (WSA process) is a gas desulfurization process introduced by Danish company Haldor Topsoe in 1987. The WSA process can be applied in all industries where sulfur removal presents an issue, and produces commercial quality sulfuric acid (H2SO4) and high-pressure steam during desulfurization
The wet catalysis process is used for processing sulfur-containing streams, such as:
- H2S gas from e.g. amine gas treating unit
- Off-gas from sour water stripper (SWS) gas
- Off-gas from Rectisol
- Spent acid from an alkylation unit
- Claus process tail gas
- Heavy residue or petcoke-fired utility boiler off-gas
- Boiler flue gases from various processes SNOX flue gas desulfurization
- Metallurgical process gas
- Production of sulfuric acid