Influence of the process conditions on the kinetic behaviour of zinc orthotitanate for syngasclean-up    
Yazarlar (4)
Doç. Dr. Özlem TUNA Yalova Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Esra Bilgin Simsek
Yalova Üniversitesi, Türkiye
A. Sarıoğlan
Tubıtak Marmara Research Center, Türkiye
Y. Durakçetin
Tubıtak Marmara Research Center, Türkiye
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı Biomass and Bioenergy
Dergi ISSN 0961-9534 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Dergi Grubu Q1
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 09-2019
Cilt No 128
Sayı 1
Sayfalar 105326 /
DOI Numarası 10.1016/j.biombioe.2019.105326
Makale Linki http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2019.105326
Özet
In this study, high-temperature removal of hydrogen sulphide was investigated in a fixed bed reactor using zinc orthotitanate as adsorbent material. The effect of external mass transfer limitation was examined, where no effect on the desulphurization process was observed within the studied flow rate range. The relationship between the product layer diffusion resistance and the reaction temperature was also revealed for the temperature range 450–750 °C. Additionaly, the influence of the reaction atmosphere (reduction, oxidation and gasification) at 750 °C on the desulphurization rate was investigated. The physicochemical changes of the adsorbent during the reaction were interrelated with its desulphurization behaviour through the characterization methods, namely XRD, SEM/EDS and TEM. The study revealed that the product layer formation created a significant resistance and slowed down the desulphurization kinetics. Increasing the temperature within the thermodynamic boundaries was a way of recovering the kinetics. In both the gasification and the H2 atmosphere, reduction of zinc titanate occurred and this caused losses in desulphurization activity. Water vapor caused poisoning of the active sites and this led to a steady loss of desulphurization activity. The study showed that desulphurization performance of Zn2TiO4 was less influenced by mass transfer limitations compared to its alternatives, which suggests that zinc titanate has great potential for industrial-scale hot desulphurization applications.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Diffusion | Hydrogen sulphide removal | Product layer | Zinc orthotitanate