Sulfur Dioxide → Sodium Pyrosulfite

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In another embodiment, the invention relates to a method for producing sodium metabisulfite. In particular, the method comprises introducing a gas stream, having sulfur dioxide, and a liquid stream, having sodium sulfite and water, into a column. The method also comprises absorbing at least a portion of the sulfur dioxide into the liquid stream and reacting at least a portion of the absorbed sulfur dioxide with sodium sulfite to produce a sodium metabisulfite stream. The method further involves evaporating at least a portion of the water from the liquid stream into the gas stream. The method also comprises precipitating sodium metabisulfite from the sodium metabisulfite stream in a crystallizer and withdrawing a slurry of sodium metabisulfite from the bottom of the crystallizer.

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