Info on diesel fuel

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by 2ndamendment

Sulfur will turn molten at roughly 252 degrees F. Sulfur pits are normally used to collect the sulfur product. 150# steam coil is normally used to keep the sulfur molten while in the pits. Back in the day when you were in the business Gerald you would pump the molten sulfur from the collection pits to a truck or rail car for shipping. Now days the federal government is requiring a degas type vessel added to the process, to run the molten sulfur through first, before it can be loaded to trucks or rail cars. Again another processing cost added per environmental regulations.

My guess was close on the Temp. I was thinking the steam pressure was something like 15 to 20 psi to get in the temp range needed.

That was back in the early 80's......and not my area of the plant. It was brand new units that were just built and I took a few tours just to see the new things.