Hydrogen and Sulfur from Hydrogen Sulfide II. Ambient Temperature Electrolysis Using Oxidation of Hydrogen Sulfide by Air as the Prime Energy Source

摘要

Hydrogen sulfide recovered from the sweetening of fossil fuels or sought as a mineral for its intrinsic value might be converted, in an electrolytic process which uses atmospheric oxygen, into pipeline pressure hydrogen and sulfur. Such a process may be an alternative to the Claus Process, which recovers only sulfur and uses the hydrogen wastefully. It is also suggested that electrolysis provides a mechanism by which other gaseous products, as well as hydrogen, may be brought to pipeline pressures easily. (Author)