One hundred kg per hour of Sulphur of 95% purity is burned in dry air in a Sulphur burner. The gas leaving the burner containing 15% SO2, 5% O2 and 80% N2 enters a converter after mixing with secondary air. The gas leaving the converter has the following analysis: SO2= 4.5%, O2=7.5% and N2=88.0%. The converter gas is passed through an absorber so that 95% of the SO3 in the gas is absorbed in 98% H2SO4 to produce 100% H2SO4. Determine: the ratio; (kg of H2SO4 at 98% feed to the absorber/kg of gas free of SO3 produced in the converter)

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One hundred kg per hour of Sulphur of 95% purity is burned in dry air in a Sulphur burner. The gas leaving the burner containing 15% SO2, 5% O2 and 80% N2 enters a converter after mixing with secondary air. The gas leaving the converter has the following analysis: SO2= 4.5%, O2=7.5% and N2=88.0%. The converter gas is passed through an absorber so that 95% of the SO3 in the gas is absorbed in 98% H2SO4 to produce 100% H2SO4. Determine: the ratio; (kg of H2SO4 at 98% feed to the absorber/kg of gas free of SO3 produced in the converter)

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