Issue
Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering,
Vol.32, No.11, 2227-2235, 2015
Desulfurization of coke oven gas using char-supported Fe-Zn-Mo catalysts: Mechanisms and thermodynamics
Sulfidation properties of char-supported Fe-Zn-Mo sorbents prepared by ultrasonic impregnation method were investigated during simultaneous removal of H2S and COS from coke oven gas (COG) using a fixed-bed quartz reactor. Sorbent samples before and after sulfidation were analyzed using X-Ray diffraction (XRD) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR). The experimental results showed that the addition of Mo significantly improved the desulfurization properties (i.e., breakthrough time, sulfur capacity and desulfurization efficiency) of Fe-Zn sorbents. Desulfurization reactions were exothermic and thermodynamically favorable in the temperature range of 200-400 oC. Thermodynamc analysis of the sorbents indicated that higher concentration of H2S and lower concentration of H2 favors the reaction of metal oxides with H2S to form metal sulfides.
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