METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE SOLIDIFICATION OF MOLTEN SULPHUR

摘要

A method and apparatus for the solidification of molten sulphur involves feeding a layer of molten sulphur onto the normally upper surface of a movable member such as a belt. The belt is provided with a surface to which is applied a thin layer of water which inhibits the adherence of solidified or partly solidified sulphur thereto during the cooling and solidification stages. One method of cooling the sulphur is accomplished by tilting the surface of the movable member at selected points along its length so as to cause the molten sulphur to flow transversely from one side of the surface to the other. Another cooling and solidifying method involves dipping or sequential dipping of the sulphur layer into a bath or series of baths of water arranged along the surface of the movable belt. A lamination of sulphur layers may also be formed by the application of overlapping layers on the initial layer.