CLAUS TAIL GAS TREATMENT

PROCESS DESCRIPTION
Tail gas treatment process is to reduces sulfur vapor
and SO2 contained in the gas from claus process to H2S
and absorbs it in the absorbing solution (amine), and
returns it to the Claus process PROCESS FLOW
1. HEATER= The heater/furnance heat the gas to
around 275-340 °C.
IMPORTANCE OF THE PROCESS IN THE 2. RACTOR/HYDROGENERATION REACTOR=
REFINERY Converts (reduces) residual sulphur species such
as SO2, COS, CS2, and elemental sulphur into H2S
1. To reduces the amount of the sulphur in the gas.
for eventual recycling back to the SRU.
2. To release safe gas to the atmosphera, so
3. STEAM= Generated in the reboiler, heats the
pollution can be avoided.
amine and removes the hydrogen sulfide (H2S)
3. Recyle the the gas.
and carbon dioxide (CO2) from the amine.
4. QUENCH COLUMN= Cool the gas to around
(38°C) by direct contact with cooling water.
REFFERENCE
5. ABSORBER= Absorb the H2S using amine solution.
1. https://www.chiyodacorp.com/en/service/upstrea 6. REGENERATOR= Solvent from amine absorber is
m-gasprocessing/tail-gas-treating-tgt/ pumped to the regenator and acid gases are
2.  Klint, B. "Hydrocarbon Destruction in the Claus SRU stripped from the solvent.
Reaction Furnace." Proceedings of the Laurance
Then Acid gas from TGTU amine regenerator overhead
Reid Gas Conditioning Conference. 2000
is recycled back to the Claus plant for sulfur recovery.
3.  Bibliographic Citation Sulfur Recovery Technology,

B.G. Goar, American Institute of Chemical

Engineers Spring National Meeting, New
Orleans, Louisiana, April 6, 1986