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Title:
PROCESS FOR PRODUCING POWER FROM A SOUR GAS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2011/134847
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A process for producing power from a sour gas comprising H2S, the process comprising the steps of: (a) providing a sour gas stream comprising natural gas and H2S to an acid gas removal unit, resulting in a cleaned natural gas and a acid gas comprising H2S; (b) combusting the cleaned natural gas stream with an oxygen containing gas in a gas turbine to produce power and a hot flue gas; (c) sending the hot flue gas to a first heat recovery steam generator to generate steam and a clean flue gas; (d) combusting at least part of the H2S in the acid gas comprising H2S in the presence of an oxygen containing gas to obtain a hot gas effluent comprising S02; (e) sending the hot gas effluent comprising S02 to a second heat recovery steam generator to generate steam and a cooled gas effluent comprising S02; (f) leading the cooled gas effluent comprising S02 to a sulfuric acid unit to produce sulfuric acid, steam and a cleaned flue gas stream.

Inventors:
VALENZUELA DIEGO PATRICIO (NL)
WIJNTJE RENZE (NL)
Application Number:
PCT/EP2011/056261
Publication Date:
December 22, 2011
Filing Date:
April 19, 2011
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Assignee:
SHELL INT RESEARCH (NL)
VALENZUELA DIEGO PATRICIO (NL)
WIJNTJE RENZE (NL)
International Classes:
F01K3/24; B01D53/14; C01B17/04; C10L3/10; F01K23/06; F22B1/18
Domestic Patent References:
WO2009017886A22009-02-05
WO2009027494A22009-03-05
Foreign References:
EP2042470A22009-04-01
EP1186334A12002-03-13
FR2924951A12009-06-19
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