Regenerable sorbent injection/filtration process for H2S removal from hot gas

摘要

The operational characteristics of a hot gas desulfurization process involving regenerable sorbent injection and its subsequent collection with a ceramic filtration device were studied utilizing a bench-scale transport reactor. Hydrogen sulfide removal from simulated hot gas was evaluated as a function of both zinc oxide-based sorbent physical and chemical characteristics and various process parameters. In addition, the sorbent capture efficiency and regenerability of the ceramic filtration device were evaluated, and regeneration of sulfided sorbents via injection into an oxidizing gas was studied. For both sorbent sulfidation and spent sorbent regeneration, gas-solid reaction occurred both in the duct and within layers of partially reacted sorbent captured by the ceramic filter.