Industrial Water Treatment with the Sweetwater Sulfur Burner

Every year billions of gallons of water are used in conjunction with food production, mining, metals processing, and other productions. Often times this water needs to be treated with acid. Sometimes pH adjustment is necessary during production or prior to discharge. The Sweetwater sulfur burner represents the most affordable acid delivery system available.

Some of the primary benefits of the Sweetwater sulfur burner include:

• Lower pH
• Replace sulfuric acid with sulfurous acid
• Increase facility safety

Primary Benefits of the Sweetwater Sulfur Burner

Lower pH – The Sweetwater sulfur burner produces a diluted sulfurous acid for irrigation water amendment. A stream of raw irrigation water is introduced into the sulfur burner and sulfurous acid is discharged. The sulfurous acid can replace most sulfuric acid processes. The Sweetwater sulfur burner represents an inexpensive, viable alternative to the rising expense of sulfuric acid.Top

*Sulfurous acid produced on site using a Sweetwater sulfur burner is the most affordable method of acidifying irrigation water in the world. One ton of oxidized sulfur produces just over three tons of the equivalent sulfurous acid (1 ton sulfur: 3.06 tons of sulfurous acid). Shipping elemental sulfur is fast and affordable because it does not require permitting or specialized delivery equipment. Sulfur is safe to handle and considerably cheaper than sulfuric acid.

Replace sulfuric with sulfurous acid – The price of sulfuric acid is on the rise. Producing sulfurous acid on site represents savings in the cost of purchasing and shipping acid. The Sweetwater sulfur burner empowers users to generate dilute sulfurous acid on site at a fraction of the cost of sulfuric acid.

The Sweetwater sulfur burner can produce sulfurous acid with pH levels between 1.5 and 6.8. This flexibility makes the burner appropriate for many industrial acid needs including ethanol production, dairy wastewater, hexavalent chromium treatment, and municipal water treatment plants.Top

Increase Facility Safety – Producing sulfurous acid on-site calls for less handling than shipping and storing sulfuric or other concentrated acids requires.

• Shipping the sulfur used by the Sweetwater sulfur burner does not require permitting or specialized shipping trucks whereas shipping concentrated acid does.
• Storing concentrated acids on-site is potentially hazardous. The Sweetwater sulfur burner produces acids on-site and applies them immediately, limiting acid storage safety concerns.

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