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Oxidation of SO 2 in a Trickle Bed Reactor Packed with Activated Carbon at Low Liquid Flow Rates
Author(s) -
Suyadal Y.,
Oguz H.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
chemical engineering and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.403
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1521-4125
pISSN - 0930-7516
DOI - 10.1002/1521-4125(200007)23:7<619::aid-ceat619>3.0.co;2-h
Subject(s) - trickle bed reactor , distilled water , packed bed , trickle , activated carbon , chemistry , volumetric flow rate , atmospheric pressure , liquid flow , carbon fibers , chromatography , chemical engineering , analytical chemistry (journal) , materials science , catalysis , thermodynamics , meteorology , mechanics , adsorption , organic chemistry , composite material , physics , political science , composite number , law , engineering
In this study, the oxidation of SO 2 on activated carbon (AcC) by using distilled water and air was carried out in a laboratory scale trickle bed reactor (TBR). Distilled water and air containing 1.7 % (v/v) SO 2 were fed co‐currently downward through a fixed bed of AcC particles in a range of 1–7 cm 3 /s and 10–27 cm 3 /s respectively. H 2 SO 3 /H 2 SO 4 solutions were the products obtained in the liquid phase. Steady‐state experiments were performed in a column of 0.15 m packing height and 0.047 m column diameter at 20 °C and atmospheric pressure. Experimental reaction rates of this study were compared with those of other studies on the basis of plug flow model of Mata‐Smith given in literature.