Journal of Chemical Engineering Research Progress
2025: JCERP, Volume 2 Issue 1 Year 2025 (June 2025)

Improving Energy Efficiency in Sulfuric Acid Production from Sulfur and Air by Adding Heat Exchanger and Reducing Cooler

Andini, Dian Putri (Unknown)
Santoso, Lasya Fauziah (Unknown)
Bersa, Syifa Putri (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Jun 2025

Abstract

Sulfuric acid is a strong mineral acid and is useful for processing mineral ores, chemical synthesis, waste water processing, and others. The increasing need for sulfuric acid is not balanced with the amount of sulfuric acid production due to the use of quite a lot of energy in the production process. Therefore, innovation is being carried out, namely energy efficiency in sulfuric acid production from sulfur and air, which is expected to help increase production of sulfuric acid so that it can meet market needs. The sulfuric acid production process uses a contact process which is carried out with 3 reaction stages where the raw materials in the form of sulfur and free air are reacted in the reactor and SO2 gas is obtained, then SO2 reacts with oxygen to form SO3 gas in the converter bed, and finally the formation of H2SO4 from the reaction between SO3 and water in the absorber column. Modifications were made using Aspen HYSYS to improve energy efficiency in the sulfuric acid production. Copyright © 2025 by Authors, Published by Universitas Diponegoro and BCREC Publishing Group. This is an open access article under the CC BY-SA License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0).

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jcerp

Publisher

Subject

Chemical Engineering, Chemistry & Bioengineering Energy Engineering Materials Science & Nanotechnology

Description

The Journal of Chemical Engineering Research Progress (e-ISSN: 3032-7059; Short Abbreviation Title: J. Chem. Eng. Res. Prog.) is an international research journal and invites contributions of original and novel fundamental research. The JCERP journal aims to provide an international forum for the ...