A sensor was designed to detect backmixing of vessel fluid into the feedpipe. The sensor was composed of electrodes and a designed electric circuit. The electrodes were installed inside the feedpipe and tap water was flowed into the feedpipe. When NaC1 solution in the vessel penetrate into the feedpipe due to high agitator speed, the conductivity change is sensed by the electrodes and the resultant output signal is recorded by a pen-chart recorder. The electric circuit was designed to show maximum sensitivity. The resolution of this designed sensor was on the order of 10-s mole/l.

Sorbents of calcined limestone and oyster particles having a diameter of about 0.63mm were exposed to simulate fuel gases containing 5000ppmv H2S for temperatures ranging from 600 to 800C in a TGA. The reaction between CaO and H2S proceds via an unreacted shrinking core mechanism. The sulfidation rate is likely to be controlled primarily by countercurrent diffusion through the product layer of calcium sulfide(CaS) formed. The kinetics of the sorption of H2S by CaO is sensitive to the reaction temperature and particle size, and the reaction rate of oyster was faster than the calcined limestone.