- Desulfurization
- The removal of sulfur, as from molten metals, petroleum oil, or flue gases.U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration's Energy Glossary
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Desulfurization
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desulfurization — noun Date: 1854 the removal of sulfur or sulfur compounds (as from coal or flue gas) • desulfurize transitive verb … New Collegiate Dictionary
desulfurization — See desulfurize. * * * … Universalium
desulfurization — 1. A chemical treatment to remove sulfur or sulfur compounds from crude oil. 2. Any process or process step that results in removal of sulfur from organic molecules … Petroleum refining glossary
desulfurization — de·sulfurization … English syllables
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Flue gas desulfurization — (FGD) is the technology used for removing sulfur dioxide (SO2) from the exhaust flue gases in power plants that burn coal or oil to produce steam for the steam turbines that drive their electricity generators. Sulfur dioxide is responsible for… … Wikipedia
Flue-gas desulfurization unit — (scrubber) Equipment used to remove sulfur oxides from the combustion gases of a boiler plant before discharge to the atmosphere. Chemicals such as lime are used as the scrubbing media. U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration… … Energy terms
Flue gas desulfurization — Equipment used to remove sulfur oxides from the combustion gases of a boiler plant before discharge to the atmosphere. Also referred to as scrubbers. Chemicals such as lime are used as scrubbing media. U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information … Energy terms
desulfurize — desulfurization, n. desulfurizer, n. /dee sul fyeuh ruyz , feuh /, v.t., desulfurized, desulfurizing. to free from sulfur. Also, desulphurize; esp. Brit., desulfurise. [1860 65; DE + SULFURIZE] * * * … Universalium
Douglas Patrick Harrison — is a Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineer with Louisiana State University s Gordon A. and Mary Cain Department of Chemical Engineering where he has taught undergraduate and graduate classes, served as dissertations advisor to PhD and MS… … Wikipedia
