Abstract:
ALKALI METAL FORMATE IS MADE FROM ALKALI METAL THIOSULFATE BY THE FOLLOWING THREE STEPS:
(1) REDUCTION: 4MCOOH+M2S2O3+H2O=4MHCO3+2MSH
(2) STRIPPING:D
MHCO3+MSH=M2CHO3+H2S CO2+H2O+MSH=MHCO3+H2S
(3) FORMATE SYNTHESIS:
M2CO3+2CO+H2O= 2MCOOH+CO2 M2CO3+CO+H2=2MCOOH
WHERE M IS EITHER SODIUM OR POTASSIUM. THE FOREGOING PROCESS IS USEFUL IN CONNECTION WITH THE ABSORPTION OF SULFUR DIOXIDE FROM FLUE GAS BY ALKALI METAL FORMATE AT TEMPERATURES ABOVE 140*F. TO FORM THE CORRESPONDING THIOSULFATE.
Abstract:
REMOVAL OF SULFUR DIOXIDE FROM HOT FLUE GAS BY PASSING THE FLUE GAS IN CONTACT WITH POTASSIUM FORMATE, SODIUM FORMATE, OR AMMONIUM FORMATE, IN EITHER A MOLTEN STATE OR IN AQUEOUS SOLUTION, AT A TEMPERATURE ABOVE 140*F., WHEREBY THE SULFUR DIOXIDE AND THE FORMATE REACT TO FORM PRINCIPALLY THIOSULFATE.
Abstract:
SODIUM, POTASSIUM, OR AMMONIUM THIOSULFATE IS CONVERTED IN ONE STAGE TO THE CORRESPONDING FORMATE AND H2S BY HEATING THE THIOSULFATE TO AN ELEVATED TEMPERATURE ABOVE 475*F. IN THE PRESENCE OF CARBON MONOXIDE, STEAM,AND
ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: SODIUM, POTASSIUM, AND AMMONIUM FORMATES.
Abstract:
REMOVAL OF SULFUR DIOXIDE FROM HOT FLUE GAS BY PASSING THE FLUE GAS IN CONTACT WITH POTASSIUM FORMATE, SODIUM FORMATE, OR AMMONIUM FORMATE, IN EITHER A MOLTEN STATE OR IN AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION, AT A TEMPERATURE ABOVE 140* F., WHEREBY THE SULFUR DIOXIDE AND THE FORMATE REACT TO FORM PRINCIPALLY THIOSULFATE.
Abstract:
A CYCLIC PROCESS INCLUDING ABSORPTION OF SO2 FROM A FLUE GAS BY MEANS OF A ABSORBENT CONTAINING POTASSIUM FORMATE, SODIUM FORMATE, OR AMMONIUM FORMATE AT A TEMPERATURE ABOVE 140*F., AND REGENERATION OF THE SPENT ABSORBENT BY TREATMENT WITH SELECTED REDUCING AGENTS, SPECIFICALLY, POTASSIUM FORMATE, SODIUM FORMATE OR AMMONIUM FORMATE, AND CARBON MONOXIDE AT A TEMPERATURE ABOVE 475*F., EITHER CONCURRENTLY OR SEQUENTIALLY.
Abstract:
SODIUM, POTASSIUM AND AMMONIUM THIOSULFATES MAY BE CONVERTED TO THE CORRESPONDING FORMATES BY FIRST REDUCING THE THIOSULFATES WITH THE CORRESPONDING FORMATES AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURES TO FORM THE CORRESPONDING CARBONATES, AND THEREAFTER REDUCING THE CARBONATES TO FORMATES, RESPECTIVELY, BY A REDUCING AGENT CONTAINING CO.