REMOVAL OF H2S AND SO2 BY CaCO3-BASED SORBENTS AT HIGH PRESSURES

• Main Author: Sotirchos, Prof. Stratis V.
• Other Authors: United States. Department of Energy.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: National Energy Technology Laboratory (U.S.) 2000
• Subjects: Removal; Calcination; Sulfidation; 01 Coal; Lignite; And Peat; Mathematical Models; Coal; Calcium Carbonates; Fluidized Beds; Transformations; Simulation; Performance; Combustors; Greer; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.2172/787561; http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc720134/

The mechanism of the removal of SO{sub 2} and H{sub 2}S by CaCO{sub 3}-based sorbents in pressurized fluidized-bed coal combustors (PFBC) and high pressure gasifiers was investigated in this project. Reactivity evolution experiments were carried out in thermogravimetric apparatuses both under simulated high pressure conditions and at high pressures. Experiments at high pressure were conducted in a high pressure thermogravimetric arrangement that was set up and developed under this project. Two calcitic solids of high calcium carbonate content (over 97%) were employed in the experiments: a fine-grained distributed by Greer Limestone Co. (Greer Limestone) and a solid supplied in the form of large calcitic crystals (Iceland Spar). The decision to work with these solids was mainly based on the fact that they have been employed in several past studies of sulfation, sulfidation, and calcination in our laboratory, and therefore, a large volume of data on their performance under different conditions was available for comparison purposes. In addition to the experimental studies, work was also done on the development of rigorous mathematical models for the description of the occurrence of simultaneous processes (e.g., calcination and sulfation and carbonation and sulfation) in the interior of porous solids and for the simulation of the evolution of the pore structure of porous solids that undergo chemical transformation in their interior.