Novel mesoporous silica supported ZnO adsorbents for the desulphurization of biogas at low temperatures

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 188, Issue , 2012, Pages 222-232

  Hussain, Murid ^a,b   Abbas, Naseem ^a   Fino, Debora ^a   Russo, Nunzio ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b Process and Energy Systems Engineering Center PRESTIGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Biogas; Desulphurization; H 2S; Mesoporous silica; ZnO

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ADSORPTION/DESORPTION; BET METHOD; COMMERCIAL ACTIVATED CARBONS; DESULPHURIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EMISSIONS; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; H 2S; INCIPIENT WETNESS METHOD; KEY OBJECTIVE; LOW TEMPERATURES; MESOPOROUS SILICA; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY CARRIER; TITANIA; ZNO; ZNO PARTICLES;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOGAS; DESULFURIZATION; HYDROGEN; LOADING; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; SYNTHESIS GAS; TEMPERATURE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZINC OXIDE;

ADSORBENTS;

EID: 84858618876     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.02.034     Document Type: Article

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