Preparation and repeated regeneration of material containing amorphous iron oxide hydroxide, desulfurization agents containing the material, and preparation and repeated regeneration thereof

8,652,427

13/174743

June 30, 2011

Method for preparing material containing amorphous iron oxide hydroxide, the method including: mixing an aqueous ferrous salt solution and hydroxide solution or solid hydroxides at the temperature of below 70° C., filtering the reaction solution, washing the filter cake, preparing suspension solution of the filter cake, blowing an oxygen-containing gas into the suspension solution to oxidize the ferrous iron, and then filtering and drying. The material after being used as desulfurization agent can be repeatedly regenerated through oxidation in an oxygen-containing gas. A desulfurization agent, and methods for preparation and repeated regeneration thereof. The desulfurization agent contains the material and organic binders, and may also include a small amount of additives. The organic binders are selected from sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, sesbania powder, and cellulose powder, and the additives are selected from sawdust, rice husk power, and bran.

Liu, Zhenyi (Beijing, CN); Yu, Yongsheng (Beijing, CN); Lin, Ke (Beijing, CN)

Beijing Sanju Environmental Protection and New Material Co., Ltd. (Beijing, CN)

1. A method for preparing a composition comprising amorphous iron oxide hydroxide, comprising the following steps: a. preparing a solution comprising a ferrous salt; b. mixing the solution comprising a ferrous salt with a hydroxide solution or a solid hydroxide to form a first mixture, and reacting the first mixture at a temperature not exceeding 70° C. to yield a second mixture; c. filtering the second mixture to remove generated soluble salt and yield a filter cake, and washing the filter cake with water; and d. forming a suspension comprising the filter cake, charging the suspension with a gas comprising oxygen, and then filtering and drying the suspension to yield the composition comprising amorphous iron oxide hydroxide.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the hydroxide in the hydroxide solution or the solid hydroxide is an alkali hydroxide.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein a pH value of the second mixture is between 7.5 and 8.5.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the temperature does not exceed 50° C.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein alkali cations constitute less than 0.5 weight % of the filter cake after the filter cake is washed with water.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the filter cake constitutes between 5 weight % to 30 weight % of the suspension.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the filter cake constitutes between 10 weight % to 15 weight % of the suspension.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the temperature at which the drying of the suspension is carried out does not exceed 100° C.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the gas comprising oxygen is air.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising charging the suspension with the gas comprising oxygen until the weight proportion of Fe 2+ /Fe t is less than 1%.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the amorphous iron oxide hydroxide constitutes between 65 weight % and 100 weight % of the composition.

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