Campus Units
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
1977
Journal or Book Title
Coal Desulfurization
Volume
64
First Page
182
Last Page
197
DOI
10.1021/bk-1977-0064.ch015
Abstract
The extraction of pyritic sulfur from coal by leaching the comminuted material with hot aqueous solutions containing dissolved oxygen has been demonstrated in numerous laboratory experiments (1-6). Although acidic solutions have generally been used for such experiments, basic solutions appear to offer several important advantages. Thus Majima and Peters (7) showed that the rate of extraction of sulfur from relatively pure pyrite is much greater in basic solutions containing dissolved oxygen than in neutral solutions. Moreover it has been shown recently that basic solutions containing ammonium hydroxide and oxygen can extract a significant portion of the organic sulfur as well as most of the inorganic sulfur from coal at relatively moderate temperatures (e.g., 130°C) (4,5) whereas higher temperatures (150°-200°C) seem to be required with acidic solutions to remove organic sulfur (6). Furthermore some types of basic solutions are much less corrosive towards the common materials of construction than acidic solutions.
Copyright Owner
American Chemical Society
Copyright Date
1977
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Tai, C.Y.; Graves, G.V.; and Wheelock, Thomas D., "Desulfurizing Coal with Alkaline Solutions Containing Dissolved Oxygen" (1977). Chemical and Biological Engineering Publications. 282.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cbe_pubs/282
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Comments
Reprinted (adapted) with permission from Coal Desulfurization Chapter 15, pp 182–197 DOI: 10.1021/bk-1977-0064.ch015. Copyright 1977 American Chemical Society.