IN SITU SULPHUR REMELTER
Sulphur is produced as a by-product during the extraction of natural gas from the earth and is usually stored in solidified form in large blocks near the extraction location. In order to conveniently transport quantities of sulphur, it may be melted. The present invention provides a heating element for use in a solid sulphur remelter, the heating element comprising a series of mutually spaced melting pipes forming a heating plane, a top steam header pipe and a bottom condensate header pipe at respective ends of the melting pipes and communicating therewith, the top steam header pipe having an inlet for receiving steam therein for distribution into the melting pipes and the bottom condensate header pipe being adapted for collecting condensate and discharging of the condensate through an outlet formed therein and a hot nose pipe attached adjacent and in front of the bottom condensate header pipe and having a steam inlet and a condensate outlet for melting sulphur in front of the bottom condensate header pipe.