Advance Catalysis Chemistry

Synthesis of Fe/MgO nano-crystal catalysts by solgel method for hydrogen sulfide removal

Vu Anh Tuan

ID: 2011323066

Department: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Introduction
1. Raw biogas contains: 5580% methane (CH4) and 2045% carbon dioxide (CO2) with small amounts of water vapor, trace amount of

hydrogen sulfide (01% H2S), and other impurities.

2. alkaline/amine scrubbing, chemical oxidation, adsorption, bio filtration, and catalytic wet oxidation.

3. The mechanism of H2S oxidation on Fe/MgO

Introduction 4. Method synthesis MgO: solgel, hydrothermal, flame spray pyrolysis, laser vaporization, chemical gas phase deposition and surfactant methods.

5. Fe/MgO nano-crystal catalysts were then prepared by wet impregnation.

Result and discussion MgO catalyst support media 1. Effects of calcination temperatures on MgO synthesis
Fig. 3d. This diffraction pattern agrees well with the peaks of standard MgO. This confirms that MgO was formed to high purity from the synthesis. This result also shows that the crystals match with the lattice parameters: a = 4.2198 , b = 4.2198 , c = 4.2198 , = 90.0000 , = 90.0000 , = 90.0000 and Z = 4.00.

Results and discussion

Result and discussion

2. Effects of precursor molar ratios on the MgO crystal size

The crystal size of MgO (d, nm) was calculated from the (2 0 0) diffraction peak using the well-known Scherrer equation.

K is a dimensionless constant that may range from 0.89 to

1.39 depending on the specific geometry of the scattering objects and B variables are the angles between the incident and diffracted beams () and the full width at half maximum,

Results and discussion

(c) BET surface area and the pore volume were 178.46m2/g and 0.00311 ml/g

Result and discussion

Characterization of the Fe/MgO catalysts

From the XRD data,the Fe/MgO nano-crystal size was calculated to be 17.5 nm.

From the BET analysis,

the BET surface area and the pore volume were 171.59m2/g and 0.00298 ml/g

Result and discussion

Results and discussion

Catalytic activity in H2S oxidation.

1. H2S oxidation in a semi-batch reactor.

Result and discussion

Result and discussion

Characterization of the fresh and spent catalysts for H2S degradation The fresh catalyst and the catalyst with regeneration samples had the same brown color, while the spent catalyst without regeneration had some black spots on the surface. The EDX characteristic results showed 3 elements consisting of Fe, O, and Mg on the fresh and spent catalysts with regeneration. In contrast, 4 elements consisting of S, Fe, O, and Mg were found in the spent catalysts without regeneration. The appearance of the S element can be determined from the FTIR results provided in Fig. 9.

Results and discussion

Results and discusion

H2S absorption in packed column

1. Effects of catalyst concentration on the removal of H2S from biogas

Results and discussion

2. Effect of L/G ratios on the H2S removal from biogas

Results and discussion

3. The regeneration of the catalysts.

Conclusion
1. The Fe/MgOnano-crystal catalysts were synthesized by a solgel method. MgO nano-crystals with the sizes ranging from 12.9 to 36.3nm Fe3+ from ferric nitrate solution was supported on the MgO nano-crystals by a wet impregnation technique to give 17.5nm Fe/MgO crystals

2. The H2S removal from a biogas in a packed column scrubber using

the Fe/MgO nano-crystal catalysts with a sufficient air flow rate and L/G ratio for the catalyst regeneration shows an outstanding possibility. In addition, the reaction of the catalysts with methane was not observed.