Uses for Molten Sulfer

shawn4186

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Have you ever seen tank cars with molten sulfer in them? I was wondering what type of industries I could set up along a route to accept delivery. Thanks!
 
Molten sulfur is present in an ever widening presence in many industries. Besides the traditional sources of sulfur, such as refineries and natural gas plants, and the well known users of sulfur, such as sulfuric acid plants and fertilizer production, sulfur has become a common feedstock in more conventional chemical production such as tire and rubber additives, polymer production, and even food products.

Found info here:http://www.hydrocarbononline.com/Co...4E-D5E8-4C19-B5E2-DCB9BD4AD42F}&VNETCOOKIE=NO
 
...molten...only for a moment...

8) The tank trains of molten sulfur(USA spelling of Sulphur), is only fluid at loading.

Sulfur, is heated to somewhere around 265°, where it flows easier than water, and if it spills, in small amounts, cools in 10 seconds.

So, if you load a tank car with molten sulfur, it begins to cool rapidly, and on a cross country trip, probably solidifies to the core.

Early on, the action of being in a non-baffled tanker, is that it sloshes back an forth in the tank, depending on how far from the top of the tank it's loaded.

At the delivery point, it is hooked up to a steam line of about 300°, 1000psi pressure...

After three days, the valve is opened slightly, and then the top bung is opened...the gasses inside the tank are retained inside, or else the worker could suffer terminal hazards of inhalation.

In situations of fire, sulfur oxides(So3,So4), can purge oxygen from the lungs.
 
Pedant mode /on

molten sulfur(USA spelling of Sulphur),

Sulfur is the correct spelling - internationally. IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemists) adopted the "f" spelling.

It's still not universally implemented, however I understand that the trade off was that we could keep "aluminium" - the "-ium" being consistently used for metal elements (mostly!)

"Backyard"'s also using degrees F - I thought that 300 degree steam was a little hot!

Pedant mode /off

The supfur oxides very soluble in water for for sulfurous and sulfuric acid - not too good for you either.

Regards,

Colin
 
...I liked the old spelling...

8) ...in fact, I wanted to use that spelling, but two different spellings of the same word...is typically American!

Thanks Col, for the update...I also try to keep up with major units, but forgot to mention the temp @ 300°F.
 
Sulphuric Acid is better than Sulfuric Acid

Still converting the King's English into fluent Hillbilly.:hehe:
 
Still converting the King's English into fluent Hillbilly

Which King? - Elvis?;) we havn't had one in the UK my lifetime:)

What's worrying is that I understood Backyard, so Queen's English (that's Liz - not NY Queens!) is indeed close to Hillbilly :eek:

All the best from a warm and sunny England (temperatues forecast around 24 C - that's 75F!)

Colin
 
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