Spectroscopic investigation, cage occupancy, and gas storage capacity of hydroquinone clathrates formed with H2S-N2 and COS-N2 binary gas mixtures

Jong-Won Lee; Seo Hee Lee; Sang Jun Yoon; Ji-Ho Yoon

Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol.34, No.10, 2710-2714, October, 2017

DOI10.1007/s11814-017-0184-0 Export Citation

Spectroscopic investigation, cage occupancy, and gas storage capacity of hydroquinone clathrates formed with H2S-N2 and COS-N2 binary gas mixtures

Jong-Won Lee, Seo Hee Lee, Sang Jun Yoon^{1, †}, and Ji-Ho Yoon^{2, †}

Department of Environmental Engineering, Kongju National University, 1223-24 Cheonan-daero, Cheonan-si, Chungnam 31080, Korea
¹Clean Fuel Laboratory, Korea Institute of Energy Research, 152 Gajeong-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34129, Korea
²Department of Energy and Resources Engineering, Korea Maritime and Ocean University, 727 Taejong-ro, Yeongdo-gu, Busan 49112, Korea

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The objective of this investigation was to determine whether hydroquinone (HQ) can form clathrate compounds with two sulfides (hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and carbonyl sulfide (COS)) at their diluted concentrations. Hydroquinone samples obtained at ambient temperature and at two pressures (40 and 80 bar) for binary gas mixtures consisting of H2S-N2 and COS-N2, were analyzed using solid-state 13C NMR and Raman spectroscopy. An elemental analyzer was also used to obtain quantitative information regarding the kind and amount of gas captured in the solid samples. Results show that H2S can be concentrated within the solid clathrate from H2S-containing gas, while COS is little captured after reaction with the COS-containing gas. This suggests that the HQ clathrate can be used to remove H2S, and that selective separation can be achieved when two sulfides of H2S and COS coexist. On the basis of the calculated cage occupancies of the gas components in the solid clathrate, the enclathration preference of the gas components used in this research was found to be the order of H2S>N2>COS.

Keywords:Clathrate;Coal Gas;Hydrogen Sulfide;Carbonyl Sulfide;Desulfurization

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