Chi-Yuan Lu

The utilization of catalyst sorbent in scrubbing acid gases from incineration flue gas.

Abstract Catalyst sorbents based on alumina-supported CuO, CeO2, and CuO-CeO2 were applied to a dry scrubber to clean up the SO2/HCl/NO simultaneously from pilot-scale fluidized-bed incineration flue gas. In the presence of organic compounds, CO and the submicron particles SO2 and HCl removed by the fresh catalyst sorbents and NO reduced to N2 by NH3 under the catalysis of fresh and spent desulfurization/dechloridization (DeSO2/DeHCl) catalyst sorbents (copper compounds, Cu, CuO, and CuSO4) were evaluated in this paper. The fresh and spent catalyst sorbents were characterized by the Brunner-Emmett-Teller method (BET), X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), and the elemental analyzer (EA). The study showed that the performances of CuO, CeO2, and CuO-CeO2/γ-Al2O3 were better than that of Ca(OH)2. The removal efficiency of SO2 and HCl was 80-95% in the dry scrubber system. Under NH3/NO = 1, NO could not be reduced to N2 because it was difficult to control the ratio of air/fuel in the flue gas. For estimating the feasibility of regenerating the spent catalyst sorbents, BET and EA analyses were used. They indicated that the pore structures were nearly maintained and a small amount of carbon accumulated on their surface.

Estimating the feasibility of raw carbon nanotubes used as catalyst for CO oxidation

In this study, the catalytic activities of Raw CNTs and Co/CNTs for CO removal were determined between 100 and 300°C. To confirm the characterization of Raw CNTs and Co/CNTs, the composition and morphology of two catalysts were analyzed by using XRD, SEM, TEM and Raman spectra. The results showed that the CO conversion was 98% by using Raw CNTs at 250°C and this conversion was similar to that of using Co/CNTs. Since no purification and no re-immersion steps are needed for the preparation of Raw CNTs, this application can save the preparation procedures and reduce the waste yields and costs.