E. Garcia et al., THERMOGRAVIMETRIC STUDY OF REGENERABLE SULFUR SORBENTS FOR H2S RETENTION AT HIGH-TEMPERATURE, Thermochimica acta, 306(1-2), 1997, pp. 23-30
The behaviour of a series of mixed oxides including zinc titanate (ZT)
, zinc ferrite (ZF) and zinc ferrite doped with copper (ZFC) or titani
um (ZFT) oxides as hot-gas desulphurizing sorbents was investigated by
thermogravimetric techniques. The stability of sorbents against reduc
tion was strongly affected by the temperature that limits the use of t
he prepared sorbents > 600 degrees C. Intrinsic rate constants for the
reaction between H2S and the sorbents at 550 degrees C were obtained
in a thermal balance. The incorporation of titanium and copper oxides
to zinc ferrite improved the sorbent reactivity. Five sulphidation-reg
eneration cycles were also carried out in order to provide information
concerning the durability of sorbents. A loss of sorbent activity wit
h the cycle number due to sintering in regeneration was found for zinc
ferrite sorbents but not for titanium-containing sorbents. (C) 1997 E
lsevier Science B.V.