Section: CRUSU Features

The Sulphur Institute (TSI) held its World Sulphur Symposium in Florence from April 8th-10th.

The Middle East remains the world’s largest regional exporter of sulphur, with additional capacity continuing to come from both refineries and particularly sour gas processing.

Together with Slovnaft, Worley Comprimo has developed a near real-time monitoring dashboard using data sharing via the Cloud. Using a two-year data set containing minute average data, trends and insights were used to optimise performance. This paper describes the main learnings and improvements with respect to energy optimisation, which supports sustainability targets for Slovnaft.

The Middle East’s premier event for the sulphur global industry, MEScon 2025, returns to the Conrad Abu Dhabi, Etihad Towers from 19 to 22 May 2025.

Rheinhütte Pumpen has further developed its GVRN sulphuric acid pump so it can also be used in high-temperature applications such as in heat recovery systems.

The Self-Cleaning Liquid Sulphur Candle Filter (LSCF) is setting a new benchmark in liquid sulphur filtration. With its innovative candle arrangement and advanced back-flushing technology, it enhances filtration rates significantly and minimises downtime for cake discharge. Jan Hermans of Sulphurnet explores the LSCF design, process parameters, and operational advantages.

Wood presents the pros and cons of leaving a refinery SRU on hot standby versus long-term idle taking into consideration reliability, safety, and operations responsibilities during extended downtime.

Fluor discusses the main causes, detection techniques, management methods and prevention procedures of SO2 breakthrough in the quench water system of a TGTU, with some unique design features for Fluor’s Desuperheater Contact Condenser.

Sulphur’s key role as a plant nutrient means that its use as a fertilizer continues to be a major area of demand.

Tight supply limits availability as China maintains export restrictions.