Abstract
With the goal of eventually developing a replacement for the Claus process that also produces H2, we have explored the possibility of decomposing hydrogen sulfide through a thermochemical cycle involving iodine. The thermochemical cycle under investigation leverages differences in temperature and reaction conditions to accomplish the unfavorable hydrogen sulfide decomposition to H2 and elemental sulfur over two reaction steps, creating and then decomposing hydroiodic acid. This proposed process is similar to ideas put forth in the 1980s and 1990s by Kalina, Chakma, and Oosawa, but makes use of thermochemical hydrogen iodide decomposition methods and catalysts rather than electrochemical or photoelectrochemical methods.Process models describing a potential implementation of this thermochemical cycle were created. Motivated by the process model results, experimentation showed the possibility of using alternative solvents to dramatically decrease the energy requirements for the process. Further process modeling incorporated these alternative solvents and suggests that this theoretical hydrogen sulfide processing unit has favorable economic and environmental properties.
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