Production and characterization of H2S and PO43− carbonaceous adsorbents from anaerobic digested fibers

Abstract:

Anaerobic digestion (AD) is an important technology to produce biogas from dairy manure. Although the AD of dairy manure results in the harnessing of the energy contained in manure, most of the nutrients (phosphorous and nitrogen) remain in the liquid effluent, representing an important source of pollution. Additionally, the biogas produced contains H<inf>2</inf>S and CO<inf>2</inf>, limiting its practical use as fuel. In this paper, we report the production and use of a carbonaceous adsorbent from AD fibers for the removal of hydrogen sulfide (H<inf>2</inf>S) from biogas and phosphate (PO<inf>4</inf>³⁻) from aqueous liquid effluents. The adsorbents studied were produced via slow pyrolysis between 350 and 800 °C followed by CO<inf>2</inf> activation. The elemental and proximate analyses, surface area and pore size distribution of each of the adsorbents studied are reported. Their adsorption capacities were assessed using H<inf>2</inf>S breakthrough and PO<inf>4</inf>³⁻ batch equilibrium tests. The sorption capacity varied between 21.9 and 51.2 mg g⁻¹ for H<inf>2</inf>S and between 4.9 mg g⁻¹ and 37.4 mg g⁻¹ for PO<inf>4</inf>³⁻. Commercially available activated carbon studied adsorbed 23.1 mg g⁻¹ H<inf>2</inf>S and 15.7 mg g⁻¹ PO<inf>4</inf>³⁻. The results show that the retention of H<inf>2</inf>S and PO<inf>4</inf>³⁻ compounds were governed by the ash content, surface area and pH. Adsorption mechanisms for H<inf>2</inf>S and PO<inf>4</inf>³⁻ sorption are proposed.

Año de publicación:

2019

Keywords:

• hydrogen sulfide
• phosphate
• Biochar
• Anaerobically digested fiber
• pyrolysis

Fuente:

scopus

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