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Application of synthetic molecular sieve zeolites and silica gel towards the separation of sulfur dioxide from combustion gases

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OSTI ID:5542323
Sulfur dioxide loadings were greatest for the type 13X molecular sieve followed by AW500 molecular sieve. The effect of gas throughput was minimal which suggests that mass transfer was adsorbent side controlling. As gas temperature increased, sulfur dioxide adsorption decreased linearly for 100 percent sulfur dioxide concentration and non-linearly for low concentrations (0.003 percent). The effect of water vapor on sulfur dioxide adsorption capacity was determined by monitoring the effluent gas composition for specified sulfur dioxide-water vapor mixtures. Breakthrough time for sulfur dioxide was found to be an inverse function of the inlet water vapor concentration. For a typical combustion gas stream (8 percent water vapor) the breakthrough time is roughly 10 percent of the water vapor free value. Based on the results obtained, a shallow bed (0.15 m, 0.5 ft) of either type 13X or AW500 molecular sieve removed 5 to 3 times that of activated charcoal for a gas temperature of 57.2/sup 0/C (135/sup 0/F) and low gas pressure drop 4.6 cm H/sub 2/O (1.85 in. H/sub 2/O). Adsorption degradation studies were performed to determine the loss in sulfur dioxide adsorption capacity after adsorbent regeneration.
OSTI ID:
5542323
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English