An adsorption system for the removal of sulfur oxides

The purpose of this study was to determine the SOp adsorption efficiencies of a uniquely designed, panel bed adsorption system. A vertical panel bed adsorber was attached to an incinerator fired with high sulfur fuel oil. The efficiency of sulfur dioxide removal from the combustion gases was then determined.

Two adsorbents were investigated, Barnebey Cheney type CH activated carbon in 6 x 10 mesh size and Linde^^type AW-500 molecular sieve in 1/8 inch cylindrical pellets with a pore diameter of 5A. The data obtained from operation of the panel bed adsorber, using these adsorbents, were then used to determine the characteristic constants for our mathematical model of the adsorption system. These data points were sufficient to yield an equation suitable for scale-up purposes with regard to the two adsorbents tested.