Refractory Selection Guide for Sulphur Recovery Units

ANH Refractories manufactures a range of heat containment refractory products to meet the diverse needs of chemical process plants such as coal or oil gasifier units, ammonia reformers, carbon black reactors, lightweight aggregate kilns, coke calcining rotary kilns and ethanol- or biodiesel-based renewable energy generators. For Sulphur Recovery Units (SRU) installed in oil and gas processing facilities, ANH Refractories offers sulphur reaction furnace refractories.

Products that can be used in different sections of SRUs are listed in the tables below. ANH Refractories products that can be installed in other sulphur recovery equipment, such as thermal oxidisers, cryolitic absorbers and spent caustic incinerators, are also available.

Sulphur Reaction Furnaces

Thermal Reactor

Refractories for Burner Throat Sections

Service Location Burner Throat
Brick
Monolithic
Most Severe Hot Face
Tufline 98 DM (PDF) Greenpak 90P
Greencast 94
Severe Hot Face
Korundal XD (PDF) Greenpak 90P
Greenal 90 (PDF) Greencast 94
Less Severe Hot Face
Ufala UCR (PDF) Greenpak 90P
Greencast 94
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Refractories for Combustion Chambers

Service Location Location
Brick Monolithic
Most Severe Hot Face Tufline 98 DM (PDF)
Korundal XD (PDF)
Greenal 90 (PDF)
Back Up IFB 3000 LI (PDF) Kast-O-Lite 30 LI G
IFB 2800 LI (PDF) Kast-O-Lite 26 LI C/G Gunned
Severe Hot Face Korundal XD (PDF)
Greenal 90 (PDF)
Back Up IFB 3000 LI (PDF) Kast-O-Lite 30 LI G
IFB 2800 LI (PDF) Kast-O-Lite 26 LI C/G Gunned
Less Severe Hot Face Greenal 90 (PDF) Greenpak 90P
Kruzite 70 (PDF) Greencast 94
Back Up IFB 2800 LI (PDF) Kast-O-Lite 26 LI C/G Gunned

Refractories for Checker Wall

Service Location Checker Wall
Brick
Monolithic
Most Severe Hot Face
Korundal XD (PDF) Greencast 94 PCB
HW Corundum DM
Severe Hot Face
Korundal XD (PDF) Greencast 94 PCB
Greenal 90 (PDF)
Less Severe Hot Face Ufala UCR (PDF) Greencast 94 PCB
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Refractories for Tube Sheet

Service Location
Tube Sheet
Monolithic
Most Severe Hot Face
Greencast 94
Severe Hot Face
Greencast 94
Less Severe Hot Face
Greencast 94
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This information has been sourced, reviewed and adapted from materials provided by ANH Refractories Europe.

For more information on this source please visit ANH Refractories Europe.

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  1. santosh kumar thuthika santosh kumar thuthika India says:
    October 30, 2023 at 2:29 AM

    what are the causes of sagging of choke ring in sulphur reaction furnace

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