Sulfur pile

The sulfur pile is the inventory of solid, elemental sulfur that builds up at a refinery sulfur plant as H2S is converted to elemental sulfur. Often this is literally a pile of sulfur in an open area waiting to be loaded on rail cars or ships for delivery to a buyer.

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