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Use of ferrous cysteine and cysteine derivatives for the removal of NO/sub x/ and SO/sub 2/ from flue gas

Conference ·
OSTI ID:6544138
The use of ferrous complexes of cysteine and its derivatives for the removal of NO and SO/sub 2/ in wet flue gas clean-up systems is reported. Compared to conventional chelates such as EDTA, these thioamino acids not only can stabilize ferrous ion in alkaline solutions to promote the absorption of NO, but are also capable of rapidly reducing any ferric ions formed during the scrubbing process back to ferrous ions so that continual absorption of NO can be achieved. In the case of ferrous cysteine, the absorbed NO is further reduced to form N/sub 2/. The disulfide form of the thioamino acids produced upon oxidation can be conveniently reduced by SO/sub 2/ and H/sub 2/S to regenerate the starting thioamino acids, thus making possible the recycling of the reagents. The effects of pH, O/sub 2/, SO/sub 2/, and S/sub 2/O/sub 3//sup 2 -/ on the absorption of NO by ferrous thioamino acid complexes will also be discussed.
Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00098
OSTI ID:
6544138
Report Number(s):
LBL-23198; CONF-870323-5; ON: DE87009331
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English