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Yongqi Zhao1, Jinxiao Dou1, Xiaoxu Duan1
1Key Laboratory for Advanced Coal and Coking Technology of Liaoning Province, School of Chemical Engineering , University of Science and Technology Liaoning , Anshan 114051 , China.
Abstract:
Activated carbon has been used commercially to remove SO2 from coal combustion flue gas. However, the role of inherent CaO in activated carbon is uncertain. In this study, the adverse effects of inherent CaO in the activated carbon derived from coconut shell (CSAC) on its desulfurization performance were systematically studied at the temperature range of 60-100 °C in a fixed-bed reactor. The solid sorbent samples were analyzed using scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, X-ray fluorescence, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller analysis. The flue gas compositions were analyzed by using an online flue gas analyzer. The experimental results showed that the inherent CaO had a profoundly adverse influence on the desulfurization capacity and efficiency of CSAC at all of the temperatures studied. This adverse influence was clearly identified by a comparison of the desulfurization performance of the raw CSAC to those of the acid-washed CSAC samples. It was found that the removal of the inherent CaO from CSAC using a pretreatment of HCl aqueous solution led to an increase in the desulfurization capacity of 41.7%. The adverse effects were attributed to the conversion of CaO into dihydrate calcium sulfate whiskers which formed solid crystals that blocked the micropores of the CSAC particles.
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