Mechanistic studies of chemical looping desulfurization of Mn-based oxides using in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy

• Published in: Applied energy Vol. 113; pp. 1895 - 1901
• Main Authors: König, C.F.J., Nachtegaal, M., Seemann, M., Clemens, F., van Garderen, N., Biollaz, S.M.A., Schildhauer, T.J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2014
• Subjects: Biomass; Chemical looping; Gas cleaning; Manganese; XAS; Gas cleaning; Biomass; XAS; Chemical looping; Manganese

•Mn sorbents remove H2S from hot syngas in chemical looping desulfurization process.•State of Mn followed by in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy and mass spectrometry.•Two-step mechanism explains the formation of SO2 under reducing conditions. Cleaning of producer gas from biomass gasification is...