Adsorption characteristics of tert-Butyl Mercaptan on Impregnated Activated Carbon

첨착활성탄을 이용한 tert-Butyl Mercaptan의 흡착특성 연구

The adsorption characteristics of rert-butyl mercaptan(TBM) on base activated carbon and activated carbon impregnated with $CuCl_2$ or KI were studied. Adsorption of TBM on the surface of the KI or $CuCl_2$ impregnated activated carbon was detected by gas chromatograph equipped with a flame photometric detector. The amount of adsorption on those impregnated carbon found to be 7 or 8 times greater than on the non-impregnated activated carbon and varied according to the concentration of impregnated metal. FT-IR measurement showed that major reaction occuring on the surface of the catalytic adsorbent was dimerization of TBM into di-tert-butyl disulfide which had no stench.

본 연구에서는 부취물질인 tert-butyl mercaptan을 효율적으로 제거하기 위해 활성탄에 염화구리나 요오드화칼륨이 첨착된 첨착활성탄과 비첨착 활성탄의 흡착능을 비교 고찰하였다. 염화구리나 요오드화칼륨이 첨착된 활성탄이 비침착활성탄에 비해 흡착능이 월등히 우수하였다. 또한 첨착률에 따른 흡착능을 조사하였으며 첨착률이 일정량이상 증가하면 흡착성능이 감소하였다. 첨착 후 탈착되는 물질을 적외선 분광 분석기를 사용하여, 분석한 결과 tert-butyl mercaptan이 부취능이 1/1000이하인 tert-butyl dimethyl sulfide로 전환되었으며 질소분위기하에서의 반응실험을 통해 반응 메카니즘을 규명 하고자 하였다.