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CHEMOSPHERE
Volume 266, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.129000
Keywords
Adsorbent; Aminosilane; H2S removal; Pineapple leaf fiber; Microcrystalline cellulose
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- National Nanotechnology Center (NANOTEC), NSTDA, Ministry of Science and Technology, Thailand
- Center of Excellence on Petrochemical and Materials Technology
- Kasetsart University Research and Development Institute (KURDI), Bangkok, Thailand
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Pineapple leaf fibers were used to prepare modified microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) sorbents for H2S sorption, with primary, secondary, and tertiary amine modifications enhancing thermal stability and porosity. H2S sorption studies showed that MCC-MAPS had the best performance among MCC-APS and MCC-DAPS at the same loading level. MCC-DAPS at 5% was found to be the most effective sorbent for selective H2S removal in the presence of CO2.
Pineapple leaves were used as a natural fiber source to prepare various modified microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) samples as sorbents for H2S sorption. Pineapple leaf fibers were first extracted from pineapple leaves, followed by hydrolyzing to produce MCC before various modifications using primary amine (3-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane, APS), secondary amine (N-methyl-3-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane, MAPS), or tertiary amine (N,N-dimethyl-3-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane, DAPS). The characterization results proved that all the aminosilane groups were successfully grafted onto the MCC. In addition, the thermal stability and the porosity of the modified sorbents were enhanced relative to those of unmodified MCC. The H2S sorption studies of MCC modified with APS, MAPS, and DAPS at 0, 3, or 5%w/w showed that MCC-MAPS had better H2S sorption performance than MCC-APS and MCC-DAPS, respectively, when comparing the H2S sorption performance at the same loading level. The optimum H2S sorption performance of each aminosilane group was achieved from MCC-APS at 5%, MCC-MAPS at 3%, and MCC-DAPS at 5%. An additional study of H2S sorption of these three sorbents in the presence of CO2 showed that MCC-DAPS at 5% was the best sorbent for selective H2S removal. Our results indicated that MCC modified with the aminosilane groups, especially MAPS, were promising materials for H2S sorption, with potential application in gas separation. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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