Increasing the Selectivity for Sulfur Formation in Biological Gas Desulfurization.

ABSTRACT: In the biotechnological desulfurization process under haloalkaline conditions, dihydrogen sulfide (H₂S) is removed from sour gas and oxidized to elemental sulfur (S₈) by sulfide-oxidizing bacteria. Besides S₈, the byproducts sulfate (SO₄^2-) and thiosulfate (S₂O₃^2-) are formed, which consume caustic and form a waste stream. The aim of this study was to increase selectivity toward S₈ by a new process line-up for biological gas desulfurization, applying two bioreactors with different substrate conditions (i.e., sulfidic and microaerophilic), instead of one (i.e., microaerophilic). A 111-day continuous test, mimicking full scale operation, demonstrated that S₈ formation was 96.6% on a

SUBMITTER: de Rink R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6581417 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature