New development of zinc-based sorbents for hot gas desulfurization

This paper introduced two new zinc-based sorbents for hot gas desulfurization, G-201 and G-202. Evaluation tests proved that both G-201 and G-202 sorbents had good performance in desulfurization. They could reduce H₂S concentration from about 10 g/m³ in coal gas to less than 20 mg/m³. In addition, the sulfur capacity of both sorbents increased with temperature rising. No decrease in sulfur capacity of G-201 occurred during 20-desulfurization/regeneration cycle tests, whose calculated value was 19.43–24.23 g/100 g sorbent. G-201 sorbent passed a 1500 h real hot gas desulfurization test in a fixed-bed PDU. No occurence of striping, attrition and sintering on the surface of used sorbents was found after the long-time test. The reactivity was stable and the sulfur capacity is 21.19 g/100 g sorbent after the 1500 h test.