Modified alkali metal nanotitanates for hydrogen sulfide adsorption

a technology of hydrogen sulfide adsorption and which is applied in the field of new modified alkali metal nanotitanates, can solve the problems of hsub>2/sub>s negatively affecting the ceramic membrane used in syngas separation, damage equipment, and severe pipeline corrosion

Inactive Publication Date: 2017-05-18
THE GOVERNORS OF THE UNIV OF ALBERTA
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Benefits of technology

The adsorbent exhibits high H2S breakthrough capacity and copper utilization rate, maintaining performance even at low temperatures and varying humidity levels, outperforming existing commercial adsorbents like R3-11G in terms of copper utilization and stability.

Problems solved by technology

H2S is a contaminant in fuel process streams that can damage equipment even at low concentrations.
H2S at concentrations as low as 3 ppm can result in severe pipeline corrosion (Baird et al., 1992).
H2S negatively impacts ceramic membranes used in syngas separations.
Although copper exchanged zeolite molecular sieves result in virtually complete metal utilization due to the atomic dispersion of the metal and the high surface area of the support, the use of molecular sieves is not practical in all circumstances, primarily due to fouling of the micropores and restricted thermal stabilities.
The material at the center of the particle, inaccessible due to the metal sulphide layer on the surface remains unreacted, thereby reducing the utilization of the metal in the adsorbent and decreases adsorbent efficiency.
Although this absorbent is sufficiently cost-effective for use in sacrificial guard beds, the material performance is poor under these conditions.
Although this absorbent has no microporosity and greatly improved metal utilization, the technology involved in engineering the nano-scale particles adds substantial cost.

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Preparation of Adsorbents

[0042]This example describes the preparation of three embodiments of the adsorbent using ETS-2, ETS-4 and ETS-10, respectively.

[0043]ETS-2, ETS-4 and ETS-10 were hydrothermally synthesized in accordance with the method disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,853,202. In general, the method involves the following steps: preparing a reaction mixture of a titanium source, a silica source, an alkaline source, water, and optionally an alkali metal fluoride, with a certain range of mole ratios; heating the reaction mixture; allowing crystal formation; and separating, washing, and drying the crystalline ETS product. The silica source was sodium silicate (28.7% SiO2, 8.9% Na2O) for each of ETS-2, ETS-4 and ETS-10. The titanium source was solid titanium (iii) oxide (Ti2O3) for ETS-2, and solubilized titanium (iii) chloride TiCl3 for ETS-4 and ETS-10.

[0044]Copper (II) nitrate (Cu(NO3)2) salt was added to water to create an aqueous copper nitrate solution in three separate vessel...

example 2

Comparison of Adsorbent Performance

[0047]This example describes testing of the adsorbent performance of the samples prepared as described in Example 1. The following testing procedure was followed separately with respect to each of the adsorbents.

[0048]A 50 mg sample of the pelletized adsorbent was packed between glass wool plugs in a stainless steel column having a length of 4 cm and an inside diameter of 0.38 cm to form an adsorbent bed within the column. The adsorbents were activated at a temperature of 100° C. The outlet of the column was connected to a gas chromatograph equipped with an column (Restek Corporation™ MXT®-1) having a length of 60 m and an internal diameter of 0.53 mm and a flame photometric detector (FPD) (SRI Instruments™) able to detect H2S at concentrations of 200 ppb. N2 gas with 10 ppm H2S was continuously flowed through the adsorbent at a rate of 100 mL per minute, as controlled by needle valves and as measured using a bubble flow meter. It was noted that th...

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Comparison of Cu-ETS-2 and R3-11G Performance in Humidity

[0052]This example compares the effect of humidity on the performance of Cu-ETS-2 and R3-11G. Cu-ETS-2 and R3-11G were exposed to H2S at an inlet concentration of 10 ppm, at ambient temperature, and a relative humidity of 45 percent. FIG. 2 shows the H2S breakthrough capacity per gram of adsorbent, and FIG. 3 shows the copper utilization rate calculated on a mole / mole basis, under these conditions. The Cu-ETS-2 adsorbent exhibits a higher breakthrough capacity than R3-11G, which corresponds to an approximately four-times higher copper utilization rate than R3-11G. In view of the results in Table 4, the performance of Cu-ETS-2 in terms of copper utilization rate is relatively less sensitive to humidity, than the performance of R3-11G.

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Abstract

A hydrogen sulphide adsorbent is formed from an alkali metal nanotitanate having a portion of the alkali metal cations exchanged with metal cations reactive with hydrogen sulphide, and heat treated. A method for producing the adsorbent includes the steps of mixing an alkali metal nanotitanate in powder form into an aqueous metal cation solution to produce a slurry, which is subsequently dehydrated to produce a powder, which is heat treated. A low temperature method for removing hydrogen sulphide from a gaseous mixture involves exposing the gaseous mixture to the aforementioned adsorbent, at a temperature less than 250° C. The adsorbent maintains a high adsorption capacity over a range of activation temperatures and humidity conditions.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates to new modified alkali metal nanotitanates, methods for producing the same, and methods for using the same as a hydrogen sulphide adsorbent.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]Hydrogen sulphide (H2S) is a colourless gas, typically arising from natural sources, such as hot springs, volcanic gases, and natural gas, and from anthropogenic processes such as coal gasification, wastewater treatment, and petrochemical refining.[0003]H2S is a contaminant in fuel process streams that can damage equipment even at low concentrations. H2S at concentrations as low as 3 ppm can result in severe pipeline corrosion (Baird et al., 1992). Trace amounts of H2S in natural gas may poison nickel or alumina catalysts used in steam reforming processes. H2S negatively impacts ceramic membranes used in syngas separations. The anodic platinum catalysts of proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells are susceptible to H2S at concentrations of 0.1 to 1 ppm (S...

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Patent Type & AuthorityApplications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): B01J20/18B01D53/52B01D53/02B01D53/81C01B39/46C01B39/02
CPCB01J20/186C01B39/46C01B39/026B01J20/18B01D2253/108B01D53/81B01D53/52B01D2257/304B01D53/02
InventorKUZNICKI, STEVEN M.
OwnerTHE GOVERNORS OF THE UNIV OF ALBERTA