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A sulphur budget for sour gas plants

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The principal aim of this project is to produce a mass balance for the SO2 that is emitted into the atmosphere from sour gas plants in various localities in Alberta. Partial S budgets for two plants at dissimilar locations are shown to exhibit major differences.

The rise and dispersion of sour gas plant plumes have been investigated in detail. In order to investigate the chemical transformation of SO2 within these plumes, the use of a conserved tracer that can be detected by neutron activation is discussed.

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

    Richard D. Rowe

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UNISUL Project 4 leader; UNISUL is an acronym for The University of Calgary Interdisciplinary Sulphur Research Group. The other members of Project 4 are: K. Aziz, S. Benjamin, H. Brown, D. Exall, R. Klemm, J. Havlena, G. Hodgson, H. Krouse, A. Lester, M. Mohtadi and M. Nyborg.

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Rowe, R.D. A sulphur budget for sour gas plants. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution 6, 321–327 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00182873

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