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Desulfurization Ability of CuO-Fe2O3 Sorbents with Respect to the Calcination Temperature by GC/microreactor

GC/microreactor를 이용한 소성온도에 따른 CuO-Fe2O3 흡수제의 탈황성능

  • Lee, Hyo-Song (Department of Chemical Engineering, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Kim, Jin-Yong (Department of Chemical Engineering, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Kim, Jeong-Soo (Department of Chemical Engineering, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Rhee, Young Woo (Department of Chemical Engineering, Chungnam National University)
  • Received : 2004.06.14
  • Accepted : 2004.11.02
  • Published : 2005.02.28
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Abstract

The desulfurization abilities using GC/microreactor have been examined for $CuO-Fe_2O_3$ sorbents with respect to calcination temperatures of 700, 900 and $1,100^{\circ}C$. CuO was used as a main active component, $Fe_2O_3$ was used as an additive one and 25 wt% $SiO_2$ was used as a support. The desulfurization reaction temperature was $500^{\circ}C$ and the regeneration reaction temperature was $700^{\circ}C$. From the XRD results, the $CuFeO_2$ compound has been observed for the fresh sorbent calcined at $1,100^{\circ}C$ and the $CuFeS_2$ compound for the reacted sorbent calcined at $1,100^{\circ}C$. By the BET results, however any significant differences among sorbents calcined at the three different temperatures of 700, 900 and $1,100^{\circ}C$ haven't been observed. Especially CFS1 (CuO : $Fe_2O_3$ : $SiO_2$=67.5 wt% : 7.5 wt% : 25 wt%) sorbent calcined at $1,100^{\circ}C$ maintained about 10 g sulfur/100 g sorbent for 100 cycles by the cyclic test.

본 연구에서는 주 반응물질로 CuO를 사용하고, $Fe_2O_3$의 함량을 7.5 wt%, 15 wt%, 22.5 wt%로 변화시키고, 지지체 $SiO_2$의 함량을 25 wt%로 고정하여 흡수제를 제조하였다. 특히 소성온도의 변화에 따른 흡수제의 탈황성능의 변화를 조사하기 위하여, 흡수제의 소성 온도를 700, 900 그리고 $1,100^{\circ}C$로 달리하여 흡수제를 제조하였다. 제저된 흡수제는 GC/소형반응기를 이용하여 사이클 실험을 하였으며, 이때 흡수제의 황화온도는 $500^{\circ}C$, 재생온도는 $700^{\circ}C$로 하였다. 반응 전후의 XRD 분석을 통하여 화합물의 형태를 확인하였으며, BET 분석을 통하여 소성온도의 변화에 따른 흡수제의 표면적 변화를 조사하였다. 또한, 장기사이클에서 $700^{\circ}C$에서 소성된 CFS3 흡수제(CuO : $Fe_2O_3$ : $SiO_2$=52.5 wt% : 22.5 wt% : 25 wt%)의 $H_2O$의 유/무에 따른 탈황성능의 변화를 확인하였다. 그 결과 소성온도에 따른 비표면적의 변화는 크게 나타나지 않았다. 또한, 장기사이클에서 $H_2O$에 의한 탈황성능의 저하를 확인할 수 있었다. 특히 $1,100^{\circ}C$에서 소성된 CFS1 흡수제(CuO : $Fe_2O_3$ : $SiO_2$=67.5 wt% : 7.5 wt% : 25 wt%)의 경우에는 $H_2O$가 존재함에도 불구하고, 100 사이클이 지난 후에도 흡수제 100 g당 10 g의 황을 제거할 수 있는 탈황성능을 보였다.

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Supported by : 한국과학재단

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