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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AND PROCESSING-PROCESS INTENSIFICATION
Volume 168, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2021.108565
Keywords
adsorbent; syngas; desulfurization; zinc; iron; reduction
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- National Natural Science Foundation, China [51976196]
- International Cooperation Project of Zhejiang Province [2019C04026]
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Zn-Fe/Al2O3 adsorbents were successfully synthesized for H2S removal, showing high removal efficiency and lifetime. Results demonstrated that increasing the Zn to Fe ratio could improve the adsorbent's lifetime.
Before syngas from gasification of biomass could be used as synthesis fuel or chemical feedstock, it requires the removal of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) to meet the purity standard level of those applications. In this study, Zn-Fe/ Al2O3 were successfully synthesized by a microwave-assisted wet incipient impregnation technique for use as adsorbent for H2S removal. The characterization of synthesized adsorbents showed that the oxide form of Zn and Fe present on the surface of adsorbents were zinc oxide (ZnO), magnetite (Fe3O4), and zinc ferrite (ZnFe2O4). While the reduction of adsorbent was mostly due to that of iron oxide. The reduced adsorbents might consist of ZnO/Fe3O4/FeO/Fe on alumina as support. At relatively high space velocity (26,000 h(-1)) the adsorbents were able to reduce the H2S concentration from 250 ppm at the inlet to around 45 ppm, 35 ppm, and 25 ppm at the outlet by adsorbent 1ZnFe, 2ZnFe, and 3ZnFe; respectively. The removal efficiency for adsorbent 1ZnFe, 2ZnFe, and 3ZnFe were 82%, 86%, and 90%; respectively. Results also shown an increase in adsorbent lifetime with the increase of the Zn to Fe ratio.
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