Merichem installing H2S treatment system at new grassroots DRI facility
Merichem has entered into a licensing and equipment-supply agreement with a supplier of direct reduced iron (DRI) facilities to install a LO-CAT hydrogen sulfide treatment system at a new grassroots facility in the Middle East.
The 1.43 metric tpd LO-CAT unit, provided through the Merichem Gas Technologies business unit, will be integrated into the overall DRI processing facility, with a proposed start-up date during the fourth quarter of 2012. The LO-CAT unit will be treating 70,000 Nm3/hr of natural gas with a H2S removal efficiency of 99.9%, far exceeding current environmental standards. This will be the seventh LO-CAT unit to be installed in a DRI facility worldwide.
“Merichem has refined its LO-CAT technologies for optimal H2S removal in the direct reduced iron application,” said Patrick Hickey, Merichem’s president. “This installation is part of a broader initiative to introduce a suite of new and advanced technologies, products and services aimed at making hydrocarbon processing more effective at lower costs.”
LO-CAT offers the most flexible H2S removal process available that directly converts H2S to elemental sulfur. LO-CAT maintains the same H2S outlet — regardless of changes in sulfur capacity, gas flow and H2S load — without adjustment to the system. LO-CAT also offers lower capital costs and the lowest operating costs in the industry, with more than 200 licenses in 29 countries on six continents.
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