2021 Fall / Winter Issue

Nyrstar’s Port Pirie tackles NOx at sulfuric acid plant

On the heels of a major redo of Nyrstar’s Port Pirie operation in South Australia, the metals producer recently completed a NOx abatement project at the facility’s sulfuric acid plant. Abating nitrogen oxides created from metals processing was part of a continuous improvement plan aimed at increasing sulfuric acid quality.

Features & Guest Columns

  • Sulfuric acid prices riding high into 4Q21
  • Gas treatment in sulfur melting plants
  • Providing customer support for sulfuric acid plants during the pandemic
  • Remote controlled robots clean tanks safely and efficiently
  • Planning for outage ventilation
  • Wet electrostatic precipitators for superior sulfuric acid gas and mist cleaning
  • Acid plant debottlenecking strategies
  • The latest in sulfuric acid plant process gas dewpoint/moisture leak detection
  • Clark Solutions: 30 years of continuous innovation
  • Sulfuric Acid Today to host 2022 Sulfuric Acid Roundtable in Texas
 

Also included in this issue …

  • ANDRITZ to supply the world’s first sulfuric acid plant in a pulp mill, producing commercial-grade, concentrated sulfuric acid for Klabin’s Ortigueira facility
  • Metso Outotec signs order for design and engineering of a copper smelter for Freeport Indonesia Manyar project
  • Ecovyst launches as a high growth, pure-play catalysts and services company; Performance Chemicals sale completed
  • INEOS Enterprises completes sale of its sulfur chemicals business to International Chemical Investors Group
  • ioneer awards sulfuric scid plant contract to DuPont Clean Technologies
  • Chemetics awarded Bodal Chemicals Ltd. new sulfuric acid plant contract