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Title Kinetics of H2S removal using alkaline residue as in-bed sorbent in fluidized bed gasification of biomass and wastes
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Authors Nilsson, S; Ronda, A; Gómez-Barea, A
Title Kinetics of H2S removal using alkaline residue as in-bed sorbent in fluidized bed gasification of biomass and wastes
Year 2023
Published
DOI 10.1016/j.cej.2023.142460
Abstract The use of alkaline residue from the acetylene industry (carbide slag, CS) as in-bed sorbent to remove H2S from syngas from biomass/waste fluidized bed (FB) gasification was investigated. Measurements were conducted in a laboratory FB applying differential conversion technique, tracking the reaction using both gas measurements and solid analysis. Apparent reaction kinetics was obtained, without external mass transfer limitations, for different gas mixtures containing CO2, H2O, CO, H-2 and CH4, having relatively low H2S concentration (500-1000 ppm). The addition of CO2 and H2O to an N-2-H-2-H2S mixture showed that the reaction rate was reduced in the presence of these species. Varying the H-2 concentration between 7 and 14% in simple (N-2-H-2-H2S) reactive gas mixtures did not affect the results, while both CO and H-2 potentially affected the reaction rate if also CO2 was present in the gas. Other operating parameters, such as sorbent particle size, sulfidation- and calcination temperature also affected the CaO sulfidation rate, which increased with temperature between 800 and 900 degrees C and was enhanced by higher calcination temperature. Specific surface area and pore size distribution of the calcined CS was measured before and after the sulfidation reaction, showing that CS maintained a large fraction of its original pore volume even after most of the CaO had been converted into CaS. The sulfidation rate of calcined limestone was also measured for comparison showing that the reaction rate using CS was slightly lower, but similar to that using limestone, showing that CS is a promising alternative to conventional calcium-based sorbents for high temperature H2S removal, contributing to promote the circular economy, while avoiding the current stacking of CS at the acetylene production sites.y
Author Keywords H2S removal; Carbide slag; Ca-sorbents; Gasification gas; Fluidized bed; Circular economy
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
EID WOS:000978966000001
WoS Category Engineering, Environmental; Engineering, Chemical
Research Area Engineering
PDF https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2023.142460
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