dilute nitric acid production process

Abstract

The invention belongs to the field of chemical industry, in particular to a dilute nitric acid production process. The process includes the following steps: After the ammonia is evaporated and heated, the flow rate is adjusted, and then it enters the ammonia-air mixer and is evenly mixed with compressed air; the mixed ammonia-air mixture enters the oxidation furnace, and the catalytic oxidation reaction is carried out on the surface of the platinum mesh, and the ammonia is oxidized into a Nitrogen oxide, the process gas leaving the catalyst is recovered waste heat by waste heat boiler and tail gas respectively, and then condensed by the low-pressure quick cooler, after separating the dilute acid, the process gas is mixed with the air from the bleaching tower, and then enters the nitrogen oxide gas compressor. The compressed process gas further raises the temperature of the gas. After the compressed process gas is recovered by waste heat, it enters the absorption tower after cooling. Nitrogen oxides in the absorption tower react with water to generate nitric acid after absorption. This process has high absorption rate of nitrogen oxides, low ammonia consumption, high acid concentration, and low tail gas emission concentration, which can reach the emission standard without further treatment.

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technical field [0001] The invention belongs to the field of chemical industry, in particular to a dilute nitric acid production process. Background technique [0002] The production of dilute nitric acid is based on ammonia as a raw material. In the presence of a catalyst, ammonia and oxygen in the air undergo a directional catalytic reaction to generate nitric oxide (NO) and water. Nitric oxide is further oxidized to nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ), nitrogen dioxide NO 2 Absorbed in water to form nitric acid. Therefore, the industrial production of dilute nitric acid involves three main reaction processes, namely the oxidation of ammonia, the oxidation of nitrogen monoxide, and the absorption of nitrogen dioxide. The main reaction formula is as follows: [0003] 4NH 3 +5O 2 =4NO+6H 2 0+Q [0004] 2NO+O 2 =2NO 2 +Q [0005] 3NO 2 +H 2 O=2HNO 3 +NO+Q [0006] The NO generated by the absorption is then oxidized and then absorbed, and this cycle is carried out until th...

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Problems solved by technology

[0022] 1: The mixing of ammonia and air is not uniform, and the temperature difference of the oxidation furnace is large

Usually the main reason is that the ammonia-air mixer adopts simple straight pipe injection for mixing, and at the same time, the gas is fully distributed before entering the oxidation furnace, so the mixing of ammonia and air is not very uniform, and the temperature difference of the oxidation furnace is large (5-10 °C). The surface of the catalyst is a wavy hot spot

[0023] 2: Insufficient waste heat recovery, failure to fully recover ammonia oxidation waste heat and NO oxidation waste heat, the waste heat boiler only produces steam from the vertical waste boiler in the oxidation furnace, and the tail gas recovery energy is limited to the requirements of the expander and can only heat the tail gas To 380 ~ 400 ℃, so the recovered energy can only balance the compression power consumption of the four-in-one unit, and even a small amount of steam needs to be added from the outside to achieve steam balance

[0025] 1) The layout of the steam superheater and water evaporator is unreasonable, the absorption and utilization rate of the reaction heat is low, and the supply of superheated steam required by other units cannot be realized, and it is easy to burst due to overheating, which affects the production of the unit

[0026] 2) The nozzles on the rotary burner are evenly arranged, and the gas ejection direction and intensity are fixed during combustion, which makes the platinum mesh unevenly heated. After a long period of use, it is easy to burn the platinum mesh

[0027] 3) Due to the different flow resistance in each heat exchange tube, the flow distribution in each tube in the steam superheater and water evaporator is not uniform, and it is difficult to achieve overall control

[0028] Due to the unreasonable structure of the oxidation furnace, the furnace water coil tube bursts, the surface packing collapses, causing short circuits in the ammonia-air mixture, and even tearing the platinum mesh, which seriously affects the normal operation and consumption of production.

[0029] 4: The acid concentration of the product is not high, although high-pressure absorption is adopted, which accelerates the oxidation speed of NO and NO 2 Compared with the medium pressure method, the product acid concentration has been greatly improved, and the tail gas emission index can also meet the relevant emission requirements. However, due to the equilibrium limitation of NOx in the absorption process, the further increase of the product acid concentration is limited. Usually The acid concentration of the product does not exceed 60%, which is relatively limited for some applications that require higher concentration of acid

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