Novel Composite Hydrogen-Permeable Membranes for Nonthermal Plasma Reactors for the Decomposition of Hydrogen Sulfide

Argyle, Morris ; Ackerman, John ; Muknahallipatna, Suresh ; Hamann, Jerry ; Legowski, Stanislaw ; Zhao, Gui-Bing ; John, Sanil ; Zhang, Ji-Jun ; Wang, Linna

University of Wyoming

关键词: Alloys;    Membranes;    Vanadium;    08 Hydrogen;    Transition Elements;   

DOI  :  10.2172/941661
RP-ID  :  None
RP-ID  :  FC26-03NT41963
RP-ID  :  941661

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The goal of this experimental project was to design and fabricate a reactor and membrane test cell to dissociate hydrogen sulfide (H{sub 2}S) in a nonthermal plasma and to recover hydrogen (H{sub 2}) through a superpermeable multi-layer membrane. Superpermeability of hydrogen atoms (H) has been reported by some researchers using membranes made of Group V transition metals (niobium, tantalum, vanadium, and their alloys), but it was not achieved at the moderate pressure conditions used in this study. However, H{sub 2}S was successfully decomposed at energy efficiencies higher than any other reports for the high H{sub 2}S concentration and moderate pressures (corresponding to high reactor throughputs) used in this study.