A system for sulphur removal from a flue gas. The system includes an absorber, a reaction tank and a buffer tank. The buffer tank is connected to the reaction tank by a communicating vessel passage.

Apparatus and methods for treating acid gas, which utilizes multi-stage absorption cycle of ammonia desulfurization to treat acid tail gas after pre-treatment of the acid gas, thereby achieving the purpose of efficient and low-cost treatment of acid tail gas. The parameters of the acid tail gas may be adjusted by a regulatory system such that the enthalpy value of the acid tail gas is in the range of 60-850 kJ/kg dry gas, for example, 80-680 kJ/kg dry gas or 100-450 kJ/kg dry gas, to meet the requirements of ammonia desulfurization, and achieve the synergy between the acid gas pre-treatment and ammonia desulfurization. Furthermore, hydrogen sulfide may be converted into sulfur/sulfuric acid plus ammonium sulfate at an adjustable ratio.

The disclosure concerns a process for producing formic acid, having (a) a carbon capture step in which a source of carbon dioxide is contacted with an amine solution in a closed-top scrubber, to obtain an ammonium bicarbonate solution; (b) inducing crystallization in the ammonium bicarbonate solution to obtain a concentrated ammonium bicarbonate solution; (c) subjecting the concentrated ammonium bicarbonate solution to a hydrogenation step to obtain an ammonium formate; and (d) heating the ammonium formate to a temperature in the range of 50-150° C., to obtain a gaseous product containing the amine and a liquid product stream containing formic acid. The source of carbon dioxide has a carbon dioxide content of at least 95 vol % and the amine used in step (a) and reformed in step (d) has a partial vapour pressure above a 40 wt % solution of the amine in water at 20° C. of at least 40 kPa. The disclosure further concerns a system for performing the process.

A method for scrubbing flue gas, comprising: providing a rotating packed bed device onboard a ship or an offshore floating vessel; mixing seawater with the flue gas under centrifugal force in the rotating packed bed device to prevent blow-by and produce a scrubbed flue gas having low sulfur; and discharging the scrubbed flue gas; wherein the scrubbed flue gas has less than half of the sulfur that was originally present in the flue gas before the mixing. Also, a system for scrubbing the flue gas according to the method described. Also, a marine ship, comprising: an engine that combusts HSFO; a rotating packed bed device, in a hull or funnel of the ship, comprising a rotating shaft and a porous material that mixes seawater with flue gas and reduces sulfur in the flue gas; and a connector from the engine and the rotating packed bed device.

The present disclosure provides for collection and separation systems, collection and separation methods, isotope analsis systems, methods of processing samples to analyze .sup.15N, .sup.13C, and S.sup.34, and the like. In an aspect, the present disclosure provides for a system that includes a collection system in gaseous communication with a first device, wherein the collection system is configured to isolate two or more gases of a gaseous sample and configured to introduce each to a second device independently of one another.

An efficient ammonia desulphurization and oxidation apparatus includes a desulphurization tower, where spray layers in multiple stages and a tower reactor are sequentially arranged in the desulphurization tower; a first gas-liquid distribution plate, a second gas-liquid distribution plate, and a third gas-liquid distribution plate are sequentially arranged in the tower reactor; an ammonia distribution zone is formed between the first and second gas-liquid distribution plates, and an ammonia water distributor is further arranged between the first gas-liquid distribution plate and the second gas-liquid distribution plate in the ammonia distribution zone; an absorption zone is formed between the second and third gas-liquid distribution plates; an oxidation zone is formed between the third gas-liquid distribution plate and a bottom of the tower; in the oxidation zone, oxidizing air distributors in multiple stages are arranged at a lower side of the third gas-liquid plate.

Improved methods and systems are provided for the on-board removal of sulfur dioxide generated by a marine vessel. The method includes spraying an alkaline fluid into the flue gas to produce a saturated flue gas stream containing the alkaline fluid; and flowing the saturated flue gas stream containing the alkaline fluid through a venturi to cause the particulates in the flue gas to impact the alkaline fluid and react at least a portion of the sulfur dioxide with the alkaline fluid.

A fossil fuel fired power plant exhaust gas clean-up system is provided to remove detrimental compounds/elements from the exhaust gas emitting from the power plant to protect the environment. This is accomplished primarily by directing the exhaust gas from a fossil fuel fired power plant through both a reaction chamber containing a chemically produced compound and a catalytic converter. The final exhaust gas can now be safely exhausted to the atmosphere and only contains nitrogen gas, oxygen, water and a trace amount of carbon dioxide.

A wet desulfurization apparatus which removes sulfur oxides in flue gas from a boiler 11 includes a mist collection/agglomeration apparatus which is provided on a downstream side of the desulfurization apparatus and forms agglomerated SO.sub.3 mist by causing particles of SO.sub.3 mist contained in flue gas 12B from the wet desulfurization apparatus to be bonded together and have bloated particle sizes; a CO.sub.2 recovery apparatus constituted by a CO.sub.2 absorption tower having a CO.sub.2 absorption unit which removes CO.sub.2 contained in flue gas by being brought into contact with a CO.sub.2 absorbent and an absorbent regeneration tower which recovers CO.sub.2 by releasing CO.sub.2 from the CO.sub.2 absorbent having absorbed CO.sub.2 and regenerates the CO.sub.2 absorbent; and a mist collection unit which collects CO.sub.2 absorbent bloated mist bloated by the CO.sub.2 absorbent being absorbed by the agglomerated SO.sub.3 mist in the CO.sub.2 absorption unit.

A wet inline scrubber with a side inlet using alkali scrubber fluid for reducing the amount of SOx in the exhaust gas of engines of a marine vessel, including a vertically extending exhaust gas reaction tube, lower and upper scrubbing chamber including alkali scrubber fluid injectors to scrub the exhaust gas, and a used scrubber fluid drain. The lower chamber has an exhaust gas outlet with a central opening arranged to let the exhaust gas pass through and a body extending from the central opening up to an outer wall thereof which is in contact with the inner wall of the exhaust gas reaction tube. Between the body and the inner wall, slit-shaped openings allow scrubber fluid to flow from the upper scrubbing chamber to the lower scrubbing chamber and used scrubber fluid to flow over the inlet side for the exhaust gas in the lower scrubbing chamber.