Thermal efficiency evaluation of the thermochemical H2S splitting cycle for the hydrogen and sulfur production |
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Authors: | Yanwei Zhang Zhijun ZhouJunwei Wang Zhihua WangJunhu Zhou Kefa Cen |
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Affiliation: | State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China |
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Abstract: | A flowsheet of the thermochemical H2S splitting cycle was designed and simulated for hydrogen and sulfur production. The heat and mass balance, as well as the thermal efficiency of the process, were calculated. A thermal efficiency of 40.865% for hydrogen production was obtained by optimizing the heat exchangers and the EED cell considering waste heat recovery. The effects of five calculation parameters, namely, the sulfuric acid concentration, hydrogen iodide (HI) conversion ratio, molar flow rate of HIx phase, pressure, and reflux ratio at the distillation column, on thermal efficiency were evaluated. The results indicated that further research on the membrane reactor is needed. The optimized conditions for the over-azeotropic HI solution yield should be prioritized. Furthermore, an H2SO4 concentration system should be reasonably designed to reduce the complexity of the process and equipment settings, as well as to improve thermal efficiency. |
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Keywords: | Thermochemical H2S splitting cycle Thermal efficiency Hydrogen production |
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