Hydrogen sulfide removal with ammonia solutions

Bueb A process for removing cyanogen from coal gas by scrubbing with a concentrated aqueous solution of ferrous sulfate. A complex sequence of reactions occurs, involving the ammonia and hydrogen sulfide that are always present in coal gas the final product is a blue mud containing... 

Fixed ammonia can be released during stripping by the addition of caustic soda. A study of caustic addition by Bomberger and Smith (1977) indicates that the addition of caustic does not interfere with hydrogen sulfide removal provided the caustic is added in an amount equivalent (on a molar basis) to the fixed ammonia in solution. They conclude that it is more efficient to add the caustic at the top of the column with the feed stream than to add it lower in the column in practice, an excess of caustic is added near the bottom to avoid interference with hydrogen sulfide stripping. 

Cuprasol Also called EIC. A process for removing hydrogen sulfide and ammonia from geothermal steam by scrubbing with an aqueous solution of copper sulfate. The resulting copper sulfide slurry is oxidized with air, and the copper sulfate re-used. The sulfur is recovered as ammonium sulfate. Developed by the EIC Corporation, MA, and demonstrated by the Pacific Gas Electric Company at Geysers, CA, in 1979. 

F-S [Ferrous sulfate] A process for removing ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, and hydrogen cyanide from coke-oven gas by scrubbing with aqueous ferrous sulfate solution obtained from steel pickling. A complex series of reactions in various parts of the absorption tower yield ammonium sulfate crystals and hydrogen sulfide (for conversion to sulfur or sulfuric acid) as the end products. Developed in Germany by F. J. Collin A.G. 

Gluud A process for removing hydrogen sulfide from gas streams by scrubbing with an aqueous solution containing ammonia and a nickel salt. Invented by W. Gluud in 1921. 

D-Lyxose diacetamide. Ammonia-silver oxide.y Ten grams of pentaaoetyl-n-galactononitrile was dissolved in 30 ml. of ethanol, and a solution of silver oxide (from 5 g. of silver nitrate) in 50 ml. of 30 % ammonia added. After two days at room temperature, the precipitated silver cyanide was removed by filtration and the solution evaporated in vacuo at 40° imtil all ammonia was eliminated. The residue was diluted with water and the soluble silver eliminated by treatment with hydrogen sulfide and filtration. The filtrate was treated with decolorizing carbon, filtered and evaporated to dryness. When the residue crystallized, it was suspended in warm ethanol and filtered yield, 2.5 g. (40%). After recrystallization from 60% ethanol, the product had a melting point of 230-231°. 

The solution is evaporated to dryness under reduced pressure on a water bath. In order to remove as much hydrochloric acid as possible, the temperature of the bath is raised to 100° toward the end of the distillation. The residue of amino acid hydrochloride and inorganic salts is suspended in 500 cc. of absolute ethyl alcohol. The suspension is boiled on a steam bath for a short time, then cooled to room temperature and filtered on a Buchner funnel. The residue of inorganic salts is washed with 500 cc. of absolute ethyl alcohol. To the combined filtrates is added 400 cc. of ethyl ether (u. s. p. quality) in order to precipitate inorganic material. After several hours the mixture is filtered, and the residue is washed with a 5 2 mixture of absolute ethyl alcohol and ether. The filtrate is transferred to a 5-1. round-bottomed flask, about 200 cc. of water is added, and the liquids are removed by distillation under reduced pressure. The nearly dry residue is dissolved in 2 1. of water, and the solution is treated with an excess of freshly prepared lead hydroxide (Note 5). The suspension is diluted with water to a volume of about 3.5 1. and is then concentrated under reduced pressure, at as low a temperature as possible, to a volume of about 2 1. The suspension is then filtered with suction (Note 6), and the residue of lead salts is washed thoroughly with water. The cloudy filtrate, which still contains some free ammonia, is concentrated by distillation under reduced pressure to a volume of about 300-400 cc. The mixture is filtered, the filtrate is saturated with hydrogen sulfide gas, and the precipitate of lead sulfide is removed by filtration with suction (Note 6). The solution is now concentrated by distillation under reduced pressure on a water bath, and 1 1. of 95 per cent ethyl alcohol is added to the nearly dry residue of the amino acid. The suspension is boiled under a reflux condenser until nearly all the amino acid is dissolved, and the mixture is then allowed to cool to room temperature. The amino acid, which separates in the form of fine needles, is collected on a Buchner funnel and washed with a little 95 per cent ethyl alcohol. A second crop of... 

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