Zulkefli Nurul Noramelya, Mathuray Veeran Loshinni S, Noor Azam Adam Mohd Izhan, Masdar Mohd Shahbudin, Wan Isahak Wan Nor Roslam
Department of Chemical & Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Selangor, Malaysia.
Fuel Cell Institute, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Selangor, Malaysia.
Materials (Basel). 2022 Aug 5;15(15):5409. doi: 10.3390/ma15155409.
This study reports on the impregnation of bi-metallic adsorbents based on commercial coconut activated carbon (CAC), surface-modified with metal acetate (ZnAc), metal oxide (ZnO and TiO), and the basic compound potassium hydroxide (KOH). The morphology of the adsorbents was then characterized with SEM-EDX, the microporosity was determined using Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) analysis, the thermal stability was investigated via thermogravity analysis (TGA), and functional group analysis was undertaken with Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. These modified adsorbents were subjected to a real adsorption test for HS capture using a 1 L adsorber with 5000 ppm HS balanced for N, with temperature and pressure maintained at an ambient condition. Adsorption-desorption was carried out in three cycles with the blower temperature varied from 50 °C to 150 °C as the desorption condition. Characterization results revealed that the impregnated solution homogeneously covered the adsorbent surface, effecting the morphology and properties. Based on this study, it was found that ZnAc/TiO/CAC_DCM showed a significant increase in adsorption capacity with the different temperatures applied for the desorption in the second cycle: 1.67 mg HS/g at 50 °C, 1.84 mg HS/g at 100 °C, and 1.96 mg HS/g at 150 °C. ZnAc/ZnO/CAC_DCM seemed to produce the lowest percentage of degradation in the three cycles for all the temperatures used in the adsorption-desorption process. Therefore, ZnAc/ZnO/CAC_DCM has the potential to be used and commercialized for biogas purification for HS removal.
本研究报道了基于商业椰壳活性炭(CAC)制备双金属吸附剂的过程,该活性炭用金属醋酸盐(ZnAc)、金属氧化物(ZnO和TiO)以及碱性化合物氢氧化钾(KOH)进行了表面改性。然后用扫描电子显微镜-能谱仪(SEM-EDX)对吸附剂的形态进行了表征,使用布鲁诺尔-埃米特-特勒(BET)分析法测定了微孔率,通过热重分析(TGA)研究了热稳定性,并采用傅里叶变换红外(FTIR)光谱进行了官能团分析。这些改性吸附剂在一个1 L的吸附器中进行了实际的硫化氢(HS)捕获吸附试验,吸附器中含有5000 ppm的HS且氮气平衡,温度和压力保持在环境条件下。吸附-解吸过程进行了三个循环,解吸条件为将吹风机温度从50℃变化到150℃。表征结果表明,浸渍溶液均匀地覆盖在吸附剂表面,影响了其形态和性能。基于本研究,发现ZnAc/TiO/CAC_DCM在第二个循环中采用不同温度解吸时吸附容量显著增加:50℃时为1.67 mg HS/g,100℃时为1.84 mg HS/g,150℃时为1.96 mg HS/g。在吸附-解吸过程中使用的所有温度下,ZnAc/ZnO/CAC_DCM在三个循环中似乎产生的降解百分比最低。因此,ZnAc/ZnO/CAC_DCM有潜力用于沼气净化以去除HS并实现商业化。