Preparation of fly ash Ca(OH)(2) sorbents by pressure hydration for SO2 removal


Karatepe N., MERICBOYU A., KUCUKBAYRAK S.

ENERGY SOURCES, cilt.20, sa.10, ss.945-953, 1998 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 20 Sayı: 10
  • Basım Tarihi: 1998
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/00908319808970109
  • Dergi Adı: ENERGY SOURCES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.945-953
  • İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Reactive sorbents for SO2 removal from humidified flue gas were prepared from fly ash-Ca(OH)(2) mixtures using the pressure hydration technique. The fly ash samples were taken from three different coal-fired power plants in Turkey. The fly ash/Ca(OH)(2) weight ratio, hydration time, and temperature were varied during the sorbent preparation step. Effects of these variations on the physical properties of activated sorbents were investigated. A statistical design technique was applied by use of a two-level factorial design matrix to interpret experimental results. It was found that increasing the temperature and fly ash/Ca(OH)(2) weight ratio caused a decrease in the total surface area of sorbents. However, surface area values of sorbents were not generally affected by the hydration time variation. Finally, fly ash-Ca(OH)(2) sorbents prepared at the optimum hydration conditions were sulphated at 338 K with a synthetic gaseous mixture containing 5000 ppm SO2 and 55% relative humidity.