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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 12, 1996
William D Bland, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
James P Markowitz, Bridgeville, PA (US);
Calgon Carbon Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and process is provided for the removal of hydrogen sulfide from gases and for restoration of hydrogen sulfide removal capacity in nitrogen-treated carbonaceous chars which have become exhausted for hydrogen sulfide capacity when used for the removal of hydrogen sulfide from gas streams. The apparatus has a matrix of removable canisters which contain the nitrogen-treated carbonaceous chars. This process entails directing the gas containing hydrogen sulfide through the canister, washing the spent carbonaceous char with water by flushing/dynamic washing through the canister to remove the majority of the hydrogen sulfide reaction products. By the use of this process a significant proportion of the original hydrogen sulfide capacity of the nitrogen-treated carbonaceous char is recovered and the canisters can be recycled a large number of times.