Abstract 1. IN A PROCESS FOR THE REMOVAL OF SULFUR DIOXIDE FROM A GAS CONTAINING SULFUR DIOXIDE AND OXYGEN BY CONTACTING SAID GAS WITH A FIXED BED OF A SOLID SORBENT COMPOSITON IN THE FORM OF PARTICLES COMPRISING AN ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR THE SELECTIVE REMOVAL OF SULFUR DIOXIDE FROM GAS MIXTURES DEPOSITED ON A POROUS SUPPORT, THE IMPROVEMENT WHEREIN THE CONCENTRATION OF SAID ACTIVE MATERIAL IN SAID PARTICLES DIMINISHES FROM TH INLET END TO THE EXIT AND OF THE BED IN THE DIRECTION OF FLOW OF SAID GAS CONTAINING SULFUR DIOXIDE AND OXYGEN, THE CONCENTRATION OF ACTIVE MATERIAL IN PARTICLES AT THE INLET END BEING GREATER BY AT LEAST 2% BY WEIGHT, BASED ON TOTAL SORBENT WEIGHT, THAN THE CONCENTRATION OF ACTIVE MATERIAL IN PARTICLES AT THE EXIT END OF THE BED.
IN A PROCESS FOR THE REMOVAL OF SULFUR DIOXIDE FROM A GAS CONTAINING SULFUR DIOXIDE AND OXYGEN BY CONTACTING SAID GAS WITH A FIXED BED OF A SOLID SORBENT COMPOSITON IN THE FORM OF PARTICLES COMPRISING AN ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR THE SELECTIVE REMOVAL OF SULFUR DIOXIDE FROM GAS MIXTURES DEPOSITED ON A POROUS SUPPORT, THE IMPROVEMENT WHEREIN THE CONCENTRATION OF SAID ACTIVE MATERIAL IN SAID PARTICLES DIMINISHES FROM TH INLET END TO THE EXIT AND OF THE BED IN THE DIRECTION OF FLOW OF SAID GAS CONTAINING SULFUR DIOXIDE AND OXYGEN, THE CONCENTRATION OF ACTIVE MATERIAL IN PARTICLES AT THE INLET END BEING GREATER BY AT LEAST 2% BY WEIGHT, BASED ON TOTAL SORBENT WEIGHT, THAN THE CONCENTRATION OF ACTIVE MATERIAL IN PARTICLES AT THE EXIT END OF THE BED.
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IN A PROCESS FOR THE REMOVAL OF SULFUR DIOXIDE FROM A GAS CONTAINING SULFUR DIOXIDE AND OXYGEN BY CONTACTING SAID GAS WITH A FIXED BED OF A SOLID SORBENT COMPOSITON IN THE FORM OF PARTICLES COMPRISING AN ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR THE SELECTIVE REMOVAL OF SULFUR DIOXIDE FROM GAS MIXTURES DEPOSITED ON A POROUS SUPPORT, THE IMPROVEMENT WHEREIN THE CONCENTRATION OF SAID ACTIVE MATERIAL IN SAID PARTICLES DIMINISHES FROM TH INLET END TO THE EXIT AND OF THE BED IN THE DIRECTION OF FLOW OF SAID GAS CONTAINING SULFUR DIOXIDE AND OXYGEN, THE CONCENTRATION OF ACTIVE MATERIAL IN PARTICLES AT THE INLET END BEING GREATER BY AT LEAST 2% BY WEIGHT, BASED ON TOTAL SORBENT WEIGHT, THAN THE CONCENTRATION OF ACTIVE MATERIAL IN PARTICLES AT THE EXIT END OF THE BED.