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    The potassium carbonate process, also called the "hot pot" process, uses potassium carbonate solution at high temperatures (230-240°F) to remove CO2 in ammonia plants. Potassium carbonate absorbs CO2 slowly, so catalytic promoters like DEA are added to increase reaction rates. There are three main potassium carbonate processes - Catacarb uses toxic amine borates and vanadium inhibitors, Vetrocoke uses organic and inorganic additives including toxic arsenic trioxide, and the Benfield process uses less toxic DEA as the activator. The Benfield process is now more common for treating synthesis gas.

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    The potassium carbonate process, also called the "hot pot" process, uses potassium carbonate solution at high temperatures (230-240°F) to remove CO2 in ammonia plants. Potassium carbonate absorbs CO2 slowly, so catalytic promoters like DEA are added to increase reaction rates. There are three main potassium carbonate processes - Catacarb uses toxic amine borates and vanadium inhibitors, Vetrocoke uses organic and inorganic additives including toxic arsenic trioxide, and the Benfield process uses less toxic DEA as the activator. The Benfield process is now more common for treating synthesis gas.

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    The potassium carbonate process, also called the "hot pot" process, uses potassium carbonate solution at high temperatures (230-240°F) to remove CO2 in ammonia plants. Potassium carbonate absorbs CO2 slowly, so catalytic promoters like DEA are added to increase reaction rates. There are three main potassium carbonate processes - Catacarb uses toxic amine borates and vanadium inhibitors, Vetrocoke uses organic and inorganic additives including toxic arsenic trioxide, and the Benfield process uses less toxic DEA as the activator. The Benfield process is now more common for treating synthesis gas.

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    The potassium carbonate process, also called the "hot pot" process, uses potassium carbonate solution at high temperatures (230-240°F) to remove CO2 in ammonia plants. Potassium carbonate absorbs CO2 slowly, so catalytic promoters like DEA are added to increase reaction rates. There are three main potassium carbonate processes - Catacarb uses toxic amine borates and vanadium inhibitors, Vetrocoke uses organic and inorganic additives including toxic arsenic trioxide, and the Benfield process uses less toxic DEA as the activator. The Benfield process is now more common for treating synthesis gas.

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    Hot potassium carbonate process

    The potassium carbonate solution is a vintage treating solvent. In the potassium carbonate
    process, which is referred to as the “hot pot” process, the process system operates at high
    temperature (in the range of (230-240F) and was very popular in CO2 removal in ammonia plant.
    Potassium carbonate is known to cause equipment failure from excessive corrosion. All carbon
    steel must be stress relieved. A variety of corrosion inhibitors are also available to combat
    corrosion. (Mokhatab et al., 2019)

    Potassium carbonate solvent absorbs CO2 at a relatively slow rate. The reaction rates are
    increased through the use of catalytic promoters, such as DEA, arsenic trioxide, selenous acid,
    and tellurous acid. In applications for the removal of hydrogen sulfide, tripotassium phosphate
    may be added. These activators are claimed by the licensors to improve the potassium carbonate
    performance. There are three potassium carbonate processes using different additive:

    Catacarb, Vetrocoke, and Benfield. The Catacarb process uses amine borates additive and
    vanadium-based inhibitors to mitigate the corrosion, which are toxic materials. The Vetrocoke
    process utilizes organic and inorganic additives to activate the solution. One of the common
    corrosion inhibitors is arsenic trioxide, which, however, is also a toxic material. . (Mokhatab et
    al., 2019)

    The Benfield process, licensed by UOP, uses the less toxic DEA as an activator. A variant of the
    Benfield process is the DEA-hot carbonate process which consists of bulk CO2 removal
    combined with a downstream DEA polishing unit. The UOP Benfield ACT-1 activator is another
    activator which is claimed to have a better performance. . (Mokhatab et al., 2019)

    Potassium carbonate units are slowly replaced by promoted MDEA units for CO2 removal.
    However, there are still many existing potassium carbonate units that may benefit using the less
    toxic activators are more common in treating synthesis gas which has no hydrocarbons. Feed Gas
    Hydraulic Turbine (options) Pure Gas Acid Gas Acid Gas Knock-Out Drum Acid Gas
    Condenser Reflux Pump Benfield Regenerator Condensate Pump Lean Solution Filter Lean
    Solution Flash Carbonate Reboiler Condensate Reboiler Lean Solution Pump Benfield Absorber
    UOP Benfield process. . (Mokhatab et al., 2019)

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    Figure 1 UOP Benfield Process
    . (Mokhatab et al., 2019)

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