Microbial Desulfurization of Coal.

Desulfurization of Coal

Microbial Desulfurization of Malaysian Coal in Batch Process using Mixed Culture (RESEARCH NOTE)

Biodesulfurization of coal has been carried out in batch culture of single strain and mixed culture of sulfur oxidizing bacteria. The pure cultures of Thiobacillus thiooxidans and Thiobacillus ferrooxidans utilized inorganic sulfur content of Malaysian coal. The chemolithotroph bacteria were able to grow on coal and metabolize the coal's sulfur content. The batch cultures of coal with 3-5 perce...

Coal Desulfurization by Solvent Leaching Methods

Coal desulfurization prior to usage is a preprocessing in order to achieve clean fuel and reduce environmental impacts such as acid rain. Desulfurization of Lakhra (Pakistan) coal was conducted with different solvents. Coal was leached with different solvents like hot water, H2O2/H2SO4 and HNO3. It was found that the effects of the leaching temperature, agitation time and particle size on the r...

Core-in-shell sorbent for hot coal gas desulfurization

A core-in-shell sorbent is described herein. The core is reactive to the compounds of interest, and is preferably calcium-based, such as limestone for hot gas desulfurization. The shell is a porous protective layer, preferably inert, which allows the reactive core to remove the desired compounds while maintaining the desired physical characteristics to withstand the conditions of use.

Hot Coal Gas Desulfurization With Manganese-Based Sorbents

The objective of this project is to develop a pellet formulation which is capable of achieving low sulfur partial pressures and a high capacity for sulfur, loaded from a hot fuel gas and which is readily regenerable. Furthermore the pellet must be strong for potential use in a fluidized bed and regenerable over many cycles of loading and regeneration. Regeneration should be in air or oxygen-dep...