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RESOURCES-BASEL
Volume 12, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/resources12010009
Keywords
circular economy; industrial waste; red mud; volatile organic compound; S-VOC; malodorous organic compound; catalytic oxidation
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This paper explores the use of red mud as a catalyst for the removal of dimethyl disulfide and methyl mercaptan. The effects of calcination and activation with hydrochloric acid or a mixture of hydrochloric and orthophosphoric acid are compared. The activated red mud exhibits high catalytic activity, with hydrochloric acid activation being the most effective. However, the oxidation of the sulfur compounds is not complete, resulting in the formation of carbon monoxide.
In this paper, a novel application of industrial waste, namely red mud (RM), in the abatement of two malodorous and harmful sulfur compounds, dimethyl disulfide (DMDS) and methyl mercaptan (MM), is presented. The effects of calcination and activations with hydrochloric acid or a mixture of hydrochloric and orthophosphoric acid on the properties and performance of RM are compared using laboratory-scale experiments. The RM-based materials were characterized by XRF, XRD, FE-SEM, N-2-physisorption, TGA/DTA, and FTIR analyses. RM exhibits very promising catalytic properties in the abatement of both DMDS and MM. The hydrochloric acid-activated RM was the most active in both cases, which was explained by its rather high specific surface area (144 m(2) g(-1)), higher contents of Fe2O3 and TiO2, as well as lower content of phosphorus. For both DMDS and MM, the main oxidation products were sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide. DMDS was observed as a reaction intermediate in MM oxidation. While the final conversions of DMDS and MM were high, the oxidation was not complete, indicated by the formation of carbon monoxide. Nevertheless, the modified RM appears as a very interesting alternative to the existing DMDS and MM abatement catalysts.
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