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Refining process of hot gas containing hydrogen sulfide and ammonia
Assignee: Hitachi Ltd
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Filing: 1978-06-05
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Granted: 1981-06-16
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Expires: 1998-06-05
Abstract
Abstract A refining process of a hot gas such as coal gas containing hydrogen sulfide and ammonia comprises steps of contacting the hot gas with a first catalyst comprising iron oxide to remove hydrogen sulfide, and then contacting the hot gas with a second catalyst comprising reduced iron made by reducing iron oxide prior to introducing the hot gas into the catalyst to remove ammonia. The refining process further includes steps of temperature adjustment of the gas directing to the first and second catalyst and the removal of hydrogen sulfide remaining in the hot gas after the removal of the ammonia with a third catalyst comprising iron oxide.
Inventors
- 👤 Shoichi Kimura
- 👤 Toshihiko Takahashi
- 👤 Zensuke Tamura
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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2026-11-08 07:44
CPC Classifications
B; B01; B01D; B01D53/00; B01D53/34; B01D53/74; B01D53/86; B01D53/8621; B01D53/8634; C; C10; C10K; C10K1/00; C10K1/34
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 25
Claim 1
Independent Claim
137 words
A process for refining hot gas containing hydrogen sulfide and ammonia, comprising the steps of: providing a gas containing substantial amounts of hydrogen sulfide and ammonia that are desired to be removed from the gas; contacting the gas at a temperature in the range of 600°-850° C. with an iron oxide catalyst in a first container to remove hydrogen sulfide; contacting the gas at a temperature in the range of 700°-900° C. with a catalyst obtained by reducing iron oxide with a reducing agent to produce elemental iron, to remove ammonia from the gas in a second container; and contacting the gas at a temperature of 600° C. or less in a third container with iron oxide to remove hydrogen sulfide remaining in the gas after the first hydrogen sulfide removal step and the ammonia removal step.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
137 words
A process for refining hot gas containing hydrogen sulfide and ammonia, comprising the steps of: providing a gas containing substantial amounts of hydrogen sulfide and ammonia that are desired to be removed from the gas; contacting the gas at a temperature in the range of 600°-850° C. with an iron oxide catalyst in a first container to remove hydrogen sulfide; contacting the gas at a temperature in the range of 700°-900° C. with a catalyst obtained by reducing iron oxide with a reducing agent to produce elemental iron, to remove ammonia from the gas in a second container; and contacting the gas at a temperature of 600° C. or less in a third container with iron oxide to remove hydrogen sulfide remaining in the gas after the first hydrogen sulfide removal step and the ammonia removal step.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
161 words
A process for refining a hot gas containing hydrogen sulfide and ammonia, comprising the steps of: providing a gas containing substantial amounts of hydrogren sulfide and ammonia that are desired to be removed from the gas; contacting the gas at a temperature in the range of 600°-850° C. with an iron oxide catalyst in a first container in order to remove hydrogen sulfide by the formation of iron sulfide and water; contacting the gas at a temperature in the range of 650°-900° C. with a catalyst obtained by reducing iron oxide with a reducing agent to produce elemental iron in a second container, in order to remove ammonia from the gas by decomposing ammonia into nitrogen gas and hydrogen gas; and further contacting the gas at a temperature of 600° C. or less with an iron oxide catalyst to remove hydrogen sulfide remaining in the gas after the first-mentioned hydrogen sulfide removal step, by the formation of iron sulfide and water.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
161 words
A process for refining a hot gas containing hydrogen sulfide and ammonia, comprising the steps of: providing a gas containing substantial amounts of hydrogren sulfide and ammonia that are desired to be removed from the gas; contacting the gas at a temperature in the range of 600°-850° C. with an iron oxide catalyst in a first container in order to remove hydrogen sulfide by the formation of iron sulfide and water; contacting the gas at a temperature in the range of 650°-900° C. with a catalyst obtained by reducing iron oxide with a reducing agent to produce elemental iron in a second container, in order to remove ammonia from the gas by decomposing ammonia into nitrogen gas and hydrogen gas; and further contacting the gas at a temperature of 600° C. or less with an iron oxide catalyst to remove hydrogen sulfide remaining in the gas after the first-mentioned hydrogen sulfide removal step, by the formation of iron sulfide and water.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
25 words
The process according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said second step of contacting is conducted at a temperature in the range of 800°-900° C.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
42 words
The process according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said first step of contacting is conducted at a temperature in the range of 600°-800° C., and said second step of contacting is conducted at a temperature in the range of 800°-900° C.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
36 words
The process according to claim 1 or 2, wherein between said second step of contacting and said third step of contacting the temperature of the gas is reduced to 600° C. or less by water spraying.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
55 words
The process according to claim 1 or 2, including regenerating the catalyst from said first container and said third container by contacting the iron sulfide with a gas at least including air so as to oxidize the iron sulfide and obtain iron oxide and sulfur oxide and removing the sulfur oxide from the iron oxide.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
173 words
A process for refining a hot coal gas produced by gasifying coal, to be used in an electric power plant, comprising the steps of: gasifying coal to produce a hot coal gas having a temperature of 750°-850° C. and containing substantial amounts of hydrogen sulfide and ammonia that are desired to be removed from the gas; cooling the hot coal gas to a temperature of 640° C.; contacting the hot coal gas with an iron oxide catalyst so as to remove the hydrogen sulfide from the gas by the formation of FeS and water; heating the hot coal gas to a temperature in the range of 800°-900° C.; and contacting the hot coal gas having a temperature in the range of 800°-900° C. with a catalyst obtained by reducing a granular mixture of iron oxide and a metal carrier with a reducing agent comprising hydrogen gas, to completely reduce the iron, to remove ammonia from the hot coal gas; whereby a high temperature refined coal gas is obtained for the electric power plant.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
173 words
A process for refining a hot coal gas produced by gasifying coal, to be used in an electric power plant, comprising the steps of: gasifying coal to produce a hot coal gas having a temperature of 750°-850° C. and containing substantial amounts of hydrogen sulfide and ammonia that are desired to be removed from the gas; cooling the hot coal gas to a temperature of 640° C.; contacting the hot coal gas with an iron oxide catalyst so as to remove the hydrogen sulfide from the gas by the formation of FeS and water; heating the hot coal gas to a temperature in the range of 800°-900° C.; and contacting the hot coal gas having a temperature in the range of 800°-900° C. with a catalyst obtained by reducing a granular mixture of iron oxide and a metal carrier with a reducing agent comprising hydrogen gas, to completely reduce the iron, to remove ammonia from the hot coal gas; whereby a high temperature refined coal gas is obtained for the electric power plant.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
121 words
A process for refining a hot gas containing hydrogen sulfide and ammonia, comprising the steps of: providing a gas containing substantial amounts of hydrogen sulfide and ammonia that are desired to be removed from the gas; contacting the gas at a temperature in the range of 600°-850° C. with an iron oxide catalyst in a first container in order to remove hydrogen sulfide by the formation of iron sulfide and water; and contacting the gas at a temperature in the range of 650°-900° C. with a catalyst obtained by reducing iron oxide with a reducing agent to produce elemental iron in a second container, in order to remove ammonia from the gas by decomposing ammonia into nitrogen gas and hydrogen gas.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
121 words
A process for refining a hot gas containing hydrogen sulfide and ammonia, comprising the steps of: providing a gas containing substantial amounts of hydrogen sulfide and ammonia that are desired to be removed from the gas; contacting the gas at a temperature in the range of 600°-850° C. with an iron oxide catalyst in a first container in order to remove hydrogen sulfide by the formation of iron sulfide and water; and contacting the gas at a temperature in the range of 650°-900° C. with a catalyst obtained by reducing iron oxide with a reducing agent to produce elemental iron in a second container, in order to remove ammonia from the gas by decomposing ammonia into nitrogen gas and hydrogen gas.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
90 words
The process according to claim 8, wherein an iron nitride compound is produced in said step of contacting the gas with elemental iron, and including: oxidizing the iron nitride compound with a gas, at least including air, so as to regenerate the iron nitride compound into iron oxide; thereafter regenerating the iron oxide obtained from the preceding step through contact with a reducing gas to reduce the iron oxide to elemental iron; and thereafter using the thusly obtained elemental iron in said step of contacting the gas with elemental iron.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
44 words
The process according to claim 8, wherein after both said above-mentioned steps of contacting, further contacting the gas from said preceding steps of contacting separately with an iron oxide catalyst at a temperature of 600° C. or less to remove any remaining hydrogen sulfide.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
55 words
The process according to claim 8, including regenerating the catalyst from the step of contacting the gas with iron oxide by contacting the iron sulfide with a gas at least including air so as to oxidize the iron sulfide and obtain iron oxide and sulfur oxide, and removing the sulfur oxide from the iron oxide.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
58 words
The process according to claim 8, including a step of increasing the temperature of the gas between said step of contacting the gas with iron oxide, and said step of contacting the gas with elemental iron, so that the gas will be at a higher temperature during the decomposing of ammonia than during the removal of hydrogen sulfide.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
27 words
The process according to claim 8, wherein said step of contacting the gas with elemental iron is conducted at a temperature in the range of 800°-900° C.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
48 words
The process according to claim 8, wherein said step of contacting the gas with iron oxide is conducted at a temperature in the range of 600°-800° C., and said step of contacting the gas with elemental iron is conducted at a temperature in the range of 800°-900° C.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
50 words
The process according to claim 8, wherein said step of contacting the gas with iron oxide is conducted for a sufficiently long period of time and at a temperature sufficient to remove the hydrogen sulfide so that the resulting gas will have a hydrogen sulfide content less than 250 ppm.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
51 words
The process according to claim 12, wherein said step of increasing the temperature includes combusting a portion of the gas between said step of contacting the gas with iron oxide and said step of contacting the gas with elemental iron to thereby raise its temperature by the heat of such combustion.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
50 words
The process according to claim 12, wherein said step of increasing the temperature includes providing heat exchange between the gas before said step of contacting the gas with iron oxide and the gas after said step of contacting the gas with iron oxide so as to transfer the sensible heat.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
84 words
The process according to claim 1 or 2, wherein an iron nitride compound is produced in said second step of contacting, and including: oxidizing the iron nitride compound with a gas, at least including air, so as to regenerate the iron nitride compound into iron oxide; thereafter regenerating the iron oxide obtained from the preceding step through contact with a reducing gas to reduce the iron oxide to elemental iron; and thereafter using the thusly obtained elemental iron in said second step of contacting.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
60 words
The process according to claim 1 or 2, including a step of increasing the temperature of the gas between said step of contacting the gas with iron oxide and said step of contacting the gas with elemental iron, so that the gas will be at a higher temperature during the decomposing of ammonia than during the removal of hydrogen sulfide.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
51 words
The process according to claim 19, wherein said step of increasing the temperature includes combusting a portion of the gas between said step of contacting the gas with iron oxide and said step of contacting the gas with elemental iron to thereby raise its temperature by the heat of such combustion.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
50 words
The process according to claim 19, wherein said step of increasing the temperature includes providing heat exchange between the gas before said step of contacting the gas with iron oxide and the gas after said step of contacting the gas with iron oxide so as to transfer the sensible heat.
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