Desulfurization Of Hot Fuel Gas Produced From High Chlorine Illinois Coals Final Technical Report September 1 1991 August 31 1992

Download or read book Desulfurization of Hot Fuel Gas Produced from High-chlorine Illinois Coals. Final Technical Report, September 1, 1991--August 31, 1992 written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this project, simulated gasifier-product streams were contacted with the zinc titanate desulfurization sorbent in a bench-scale atmospheric fluidized-bed reactor at temperatures ranging from 538 to 750 [degree]C (1000 to 1382 [degree]F). The first set of experiments involved treating a medium-Btu fuel gas (simulating that of a ''Texaco'' oxygen-blown, entrained-bed gasifier) containing 1.4 percent H[sub 2]S and HCl concentrations of 0, 200, and 1500 ppmv. The second experimental set evaluated hot-gas desulfurization of a low-Btu fuel gas (simulating the product of the ''U-Gas'' air-blown gasifier), with HCl concentrations of 0, 200, and 800 ppmv. These operating conditions were typical of the gas-treatment requirements of gasifiers fueled by Illinois basin coals containing up to 0.6 percent chlorine. The results of the experiments at 538 and 650 [degree]C at all the HCl concentrations revealed no deleterious effects on the capability of the sorbent to remove H[sub 2]S from the fuel gas mixtures. In most cases, the presence of the HCl significantly enhanced the desulfurization reaction rate. Some zinc loss, however, was encountered in certain situations at 750 [degree]C when low-steam operating conditions were present. Also of interest, a portion of the incoming HCl was removed from the gas stream and was retained permanently by the sorbent. This behavior was examined in more detail in a limited set of experiments aimed at identifying ways to modify the sorbents composition so that the sorbent could act as a simultaneous desulfurization and dechlorination agent in the hot-gas cleanup process.