Simultaneous removal of H2S and particulate matter by a multistage dual-flow sieve plate scrubber

Abstract

In this work, an experimental study has been conducted in a newly designed and developed dual-flow scrubber with three sieve plates for simultaneous removal of hydrogen sulphide and particulate matter (fly-ash) from syngas produced in a gasifier as these impurities of syngas destroy and decrease the efficiency of the downstream processing equipment. The performance of the scrubber at different gas and liquid flow rates in the range of 16.59 × 10−4- 27.65 × 10−4 Nm3/s 20.649 × 10−6-48.183 × 10−6 m3/s has been observed for both the particulate matter and hydrogen sulphide removal along with the effect of inlet particulate loading (15 × 10−3- 25 × 10−3 kg/Nm3) and 100–300 ppm inlet H2S loading. The H2S removal efficiency in the dual-flow wet scrubber increased from 78.88% to 87.45% when the particulate matter loading was increased from zero to 25 × 10−3 kg/Nm3 at 300 ppm inlet H2S concentration for 48.183 × 10−6 m3/s liquid flow rate and 27.65 × 10−4 Nm3/s gas flow rate. The efficiency of the particulate matter is similar to that of the particulate scrubbing in absence of the H2S.