Sulfidation/regeneration multicycle testing of nickel-modified ZnFe₂O₄ desulphurization sorbent

Abstract

A commercial metal oxide sorbent for the desulphurization of coal-derived gas requires high desulphurization reactivity, mechanical strength, ability to regenerate, and stability to endure many sulfidation-regeneration cycles. In this paper, the sulfur capacity and multiple cycles of a nickel-modified ZnFe₂O₄ sorbent prepared by the sol-gel auto-combustion method were measured in a fixed-bed reactor at middle temperature of 300°C (sulfidation temperature) and 500°C (regeneration temperature). Also, the BET surface area, pore volume, average pore diameter and X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns of the sorbent through multicycles were studied. Multicycle runs indicate that the sulfidation reactivity decreases slightly during the second cycle and keeps steady in the following cycles. The results indicate that the nickel-modified ZnFe₂O₄ keeps high reactivity and structural stability in the multicycle testing of sulfidation/regeneration.

Keywords

hot gas desulphurization / nickel-modified ZnFe₂O₄ / sulfidation/regeneration

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Acknowledgements

This work was subsidized by the Special Funds for Major State Basic Research Projects of China (2005CB221203) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 20706055).

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