Abstract
Desulfurization of natural gas using the adsorption method for fuel cells has been investigated. Sulfur capacities of activated carbon (AC), Fe/AC, BEA zeolite (BEA), and Fe/BEA were obtained from the breakthrough curves of tert-butyl mercaptan (TBM) and tetrahydrothiophene (THT). Temperature programmed desorption (TPD) of TBM and THT was conducted on the adsorbents also. The sulfur-adsorption capacities appear to be closely related to the desorption area of chemisorbed sulfur compounds. Fe/BEA (Fe: 3%) prepared by the ion-exchange method exhibits the highest sulfur capacity (19.6% gs -comp/g sorb) among the adsorbents tested because of the strong chemisorption of sulfur compounds on the Lewis acid sites present in BEA zeolite and the beneficial Fe effect on the Fe/BEA adsorbent through the possibility of complexation.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 511-515 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Publication status | Published - 2004 Jul |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Chemical Engineering(all)