High performance regenerative adsorption of hydrogen sulfide from biogas on thermally-treated sewage-sludge

Biogas desulfurization can be performed by adsorption, although new materials are needed since commercial adsorbents are expensive. In this regard, three types of sewage-sludge were studied as precursors to obtain low-cost adsorbents in a previous paper, attaining the best precursor from a sewage-sl...

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Authors: González Aguilera, Paloma; Gutiérrez Ortiz, Francisco Javier
Format: Article
Status:Accepted version
Publication date:2016
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repository:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/172610
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/172610
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuproc.2016.01.036
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Regeneration
Adsorption
Low-cost adsorbents
Hydrogen sulfide
Biogas
Desulfurization
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description Biogas desulfurization can be performed by adsorption, although new materials are needed since commercial adsorbents are expensive. In this regard, three types of sewage-sludge were studied as precursors to obtain low-cost adsorbents in a previous paper, attaining the best precursor from a sewage-sludge that was thermally treated up to 700 °C. However, it must be regenerated to make the process feasible. To find an economical and environmentally friendly regeneration process, an experimental design was performed aimed at minimizing the use of resources such as water consumption, time and the temperature required while achieving a high rate of regeneration. The selected in-situ regeneration consists of entering firstly steam at relatively low temperature (< 250 °C), against most of published studies, followed by a second step with air. Besides, it can be performed in only 20 min, giving a large feasibility to the overall continuous adsorption process, with very low energy cost and duration for the regeneration. As a relevant result, the thermally treated sewage-sludge was regenerated up to 14 times, and although the adsorption capacity decreased 2.7% on average in each adsorption/regeneration cycle, the cost relative to the adsorbent may be reduced to 20% of the cost of using fresh adsorbent.
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spelling High performance regenerative adsorption of hydrogen sulfide from biogas on thermally-treated sewage-sludge González Aguilera, Paloma Gutiérrez Ortiz, Francisco Javier Regeneration Adsorption Low-cost adsorbents Hydrogen sulfide Biogas Desulfurization Biogas desulfurization can be performed by adsorption, although new materials are needed since commercial adsorbents are expensive. In this regard, three types of sewage-sludge were studied as precursors to obtain low-cost adsorbents in a previous paper, attaining the best precursor from a sewage-sludge that was thermally treated up to 700 °C. However, it must be regenerated to make the process feasible. To find an economical and environmentally friendly regeneration process, an experimental design was performed aimed at minimizing the use of resources such as water consumption, time and the temperature required while achieving a high rate of regeneration. The selected in-situ regeneration consists of entering firstly steam at relatively low temperature (< 250 °C), against most of published studies, followed by a second step with air. Besides, it can be performed in only 20 min, giving a large feasibility to the overall continuous adsorption process, with very low energy cost and duration for the regeneration. As a relevant result, the thermally treated sewage-sludge was regenerated up to 14 times, and although the adsorption capacity decreased 2.7% on average in each adsorption/regeneration cycle, the cost relative to the adsorbent may be reduced to 20% of the cost of using fresh adsorbent. Elsevier https://hdl.handle.net/11441/172610 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuproc.2016.01.036
spellingShingle High performance regenerative adsorption of hydrogen sulfide from biogas on thermally-treated sewage-sludge
González Aguilera, Paloma
Regeneration
Adsorption
Low-cost adsorbents
Hydrogen sulfide
Biogas
Desulfurization
status_str acceptedVersion
title High performance regenerative adsorption of hydrogen sulfide from biogas on thermally-treated sewage-sludge
title_full High performance regenerative adsorption of hydrogen sulfide from biogas on thermally-treated sewage-sludge
title_fullStr High performance regenerative adsorption of hydrogen sulfide from biogas on thermally-treated sewage-sludge
title_full_unstemmed High performance regenerative adsorption of hydrogen sulfide from biogas on thermally-treated sewage-sludge
title_short High performance regenerative adsorption of hydrogen sulfide from biogas on thermally-treated sewage-sludge
title_sort High performance regenerative adsorption of hydrogen sulfide from biogas on thermally-treated sewage-sludge
topic Regeneration
Adsorption
Low-cost adsorbents
Hydrogen sulfide
Biogas
Desulfurization
topic_facet Regeneration
Adsorption
Low-cost adsorbents
Hydrogen sulfide
Biogas
Desulfurization
url https://hdl.handle.net/11441/172610
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuproc.2016.01.036