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Biochemical desulfurization of flue gas and process mechanism of sulfur recovery based on sulfur cycle |
WU Xi, HU Xue-wei, NING Ping, DANG Ya-xin, ZHANG Kai |
Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China |
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Abstract Based on the geochemical cycle of elemental sulfur, the reaction mechanism and product morphology of reductive sulfide produced by biochemical metabolism of Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria (SRB) and sulfite were systematically studied. In biochemical desulfurization of flue gas (biochemical system), the largest sulfur yield (more than 40%) achieved at pH=(4.04±0.10) and ORP=(-134±17mV), but the optimal conditions for sulfur production in SO2(aq)-S2-(aq) system were pH=(3.99±0.21), ORP=(-159±40mV) and 1:1 molar ratio of SO32- to S2. In addition, the reaction of sulfur production of S2O32- with S2- was a side reaction, which was beneficial to the production of sulfur. Sulfur consumption under near-neutral conditions was attributed to the production of polysulfide and polysulfate. The solid products of SO2(aq)-S2-(aq) system and biochemical system were characterized as the spherical high-purity orthorhombic sulfur. The sulfur produced in the biochemical system was adhered by the extracellular polymer.
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Received: 20 August 2018
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