Study on adsorption and oxidation mechanisms of H2S in blast furnace gas on hydroxyl iron oxide
Precipitation method was used to prepare hydroxylated iron oxide(α-FeOOH)adsorbent to test its adsorption capacity for H2S using a fixed bed gas chromatography platform in this work.It was found that its sulfur capacity reached 63.8 mg/g,and the effects of O2 and H2O atmospheres on sulfur capacity were tested.It was found that there were optimal concentrations for O2 and H2O under the selected conditions,being 0.3vol%and 3vol%,respectively.The physicochemical properties of adsorbents and the occurrence forms of sulfur-containing components were characterized by XRD,XPS,TG,and CO2-TPD.It was found that the main sulfur-containing species were elemental sulfur and sulfate(SO42-)after α-FeOOH adsorbed H2S.The role of O2 in the reaction was analyzed by pre-adsorbing oxygen test.The adsorbed oxygen promoted the formation of sulfur elemental,while the presence of gaseous O2 increased the proportion of SO42-.In situ diffuse reflectance infrared spectroscopy showed the intermediate products adsorbed by H2S.H2S combined with the lattice oxygen or hydroxyl groups on α-FeOOH surface to generate HS-,and then HS-was further oxidized by Fe3+with electron transfer to generate elemental sulfur,or HS-was oxidized by O2 to generate SO42-.This work provides a theoretical basis for the optimization of adsorbent preparation and the application of blast furnace gas purification technology.
blast furnace gashydroxyl iron oxidehydrogen sulfideadsorption-oxidationsulfur capacity