title: Experimental and simulation study of hydrogen sulfide adsorption on impregnated activated carbon under anaerobic conditions.
abstract: In this study, a sodium carbonate impregnated activated carbon (IAC) was applied as the adsorbent for low concentration hydrogen sulfide (H2S) in nitrogen under the anaerobic conditions in a fixed bed. The effects of impregnation, relative humidity, temperature, and the inlet H2S concentration on the adsorption process were intensively investigated. The data of adsorption capacity were correlated by Langmuir isotherm. The results showed that the data fitted the model well within the concentration range studied. The IAC demonstrated more than three times adsorption capacity for H2S under dry conditions, compared with the original activated carbon (AC). It was confirmed that increasing relative humidity enhanced H2S adsorption capacity on both AC and IAC, and the adsorption capacity of H2S decreased slightly with increasing temperature. To predict breakthrough curves, a one-dimension model for the fixed beds packed with porous adsorbents was proposed and numerically solved. Simulation results matched with the experimental data in most part of the breakthrough curves.
authors.affiliation: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian Zhongshan Road 457, Dalian 116023, PR China.
authors.forename: Yonghou
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Shudong
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Diyong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Quan
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Yuan
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000737:chemistry*; D000693:Anaerobiosis; D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D002254:Carbonates / Q000737:chemistry*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004058:Diffusion; D006862:Hydrogen Sulfide / Q000737:chemistry*; D008956:Models, Chemical; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D002254:Carbonates; C005686:sodium carbonate; D002244:Carbon; D006862:Hydrogen Sulfide