• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.51-59
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• 2011

Sulfur-Iodine (SI) cycle, which thermochemically splits water to hydrogen and oxygen through three stages of Bunsen reaction, HI decomposition, and $H_2SO_4$ decomposition, seems a promising process to produce hydrogen massively. Among them, the decomposition of $H_2SO_4$ ($H_2SO_4=H_2O+SO_2+1/2O_2$) requires high temperature heat over $800^{\circ}C$ such as the heat from concentrated solar energy or a very high temperature gas-cooled nuclear reactor. Because of harsh reaction conditions of high temperature and pressure with extremely corrosive reactants and products, there have been scarce and limited number of data reported on the pressurized $H_2SO_4$ decomposition. This work focuses whether the $H_2SO_4$ decomposition can occur at high pressure in a noble-metal reactor, which possibly resists corrosive acidic chemicals and possesses catalytic activity for the reaction. Decomposition reactions were conducted in a Pt-lined tubular reactor without any other catalytic species at conditions of $800^{\circ}C$ to $900^{\circ}C$ and 0 bar (ambient pressure) to 10 bar with 95 wt% $H_2SO_4$. The Pt-lined reactor was found to endure the corrosive pressurized condition, and its inner surface successfully carried out a catalytic role in decomposing $H_2SO_4$ to $SO_2$ and $O_2$. This preliminary result has proposed the availability of noble metal-lined reactors for the high temperature, high pressure sulfuric acid decomposition.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.139-151
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• 2011

The sulfur-iodine (SI) thermochemical water splitting cycle is one of promising hydrogen production methods from water using high-temperature heat generated from a high temperature gas-cooled nuclear reactor (HTGR). The SI cycle consists of three main units, such as Bunsen reaction, HI decomposition, and $H_2SO_4$ decomposition. The feasibility of continuous operation of a series of subunits for $H_2SO_4$ decomposition was investigated with a bench-scale facility working at ambient pressure. It showed stable and reproducible $H_2SO_4$ decomposition by steadily producing $SO_2$ and $O_2$ corresponding to a capacity of 1 mol/h $H_2$ for 24 hrs.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.221-227
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• 2007

음이온교환수지인 IRN-78및 IRN-77과의 혼합 수지를 액체 상태로 직접 분해 처리하기 위하여 Fenton 시약을 이용하였다. 개선된 분해방법의 특징은 수지를 먼저 건조시키고 $FeSO_4$ 용액을 수지에 완전히 흡수시킨 후 일정량의 $H_2O_2$를 첨가하여 분해반응을 유도하는 방법을 적용하였다. 촉매로서 $CuSO_4,\;Cu(NO_3)_2$ 및 IRN-77 수지의 분해시 사용한 $FeSO_4$를 각각 사용하여 각 이온교환수지의 단독 및 혼합수지의 분해에 필요한 적절한 촉매와 그의 농도 및 $H_2O_2$의 소요량을 측정하였다. IRN-78 수지에 대해 $CuSO_4$ 촉매를 사용한 경우, 초기 분해반응을 유도하기 위해 $40^{\circ}C$까지 가열이 필요하였으며, 반응유도시간은 촉매의 적정온도에서 약 20분 이내 개시되는 것으로 나타났다. 동 수지에 $FeSO_4$를 사용한 경우에는 가열 없이 즉시 분해반응이 진행되었으며 분해율도 수% 높게 나타났다. 결론적으로 IRN-78 및 IRN-77과의 혼합수지의 분해를 위한 최적 촉매는 $FeSO_4$로 나타났으며 가열하지 않고 상온에서 반응유도시간 없이 각 수지를 단독으로 분해한 경우보다 적은 양의 $H_2O_2$로 완전히 액상으로 분해시킬 수 있는 좋은 결과를 얻었다. 또한 이들 각각의 수지 및 혼합수지에 대한 적절한 촉매 및 적정 농도와 완전분해에 필요한 $H_2O_2$의 양을 제시하였다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.278-285
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• 2010

The Sulfur-Iodine (SI) thermochemical hydrogen production process of a closed cycle consists of three sections, which are so called the Bunsen reaction section, the $H_2SO_4$ decomposition section and the HI decomposition section. To identify the role of oxygen that can be supplied to the Bunsen reaction section via the $H_2SO_4$ decomposition section, Bunsen reactions with a $SO_2,\;SO_2-O_2$ mixture and $SO_2-N_2$ mixture as feed gases were carried out using a stirred reactor in the presence of $I_2/H_2O$ mixture. As the results, the amounts of $I_2$ unreacted under the feed of mixture gases were higher than those under the feed of $SO_2$ gas only, and the amount of HI produced was relatively decreased. The results of Bunsen reaction using $SO_2-O_2$ mixture were similar to those using $SO_2-N_2$ mixture. It may be concluded that an oxygen in $SO_2-O_2$ mixture has a role as a carrier gas like a nitrogen in $SO_2-N_2$ mixture. The effects of oxygen were decreased with increasing temperature and decreasing oxygen content in $SO_2-O_2$ mixture.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.296-300
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• 2007

This paper presents applicability of photocatalytic decomposition of methyl mercaptan using $TiO_2$. A quartz reactor was used in order to elucidate reaction pathway in photocatalytic decomposition of methyl mercaptan. Experimental results showed that more than 99.9% of methyl mercaptan was decomposed within 30 minutes. It was found that the photocatalytic decomposition of methyl mercaptan followed pseudo first order and its reaction coefficient was $0.05min^{-1}$ During 30 minutes in the photocatalytic reaction, the concentration of methyl mercaptan, dimethyl disulfide, $SO_2$, $H_2SO_4$, COS, $H_2S$ were determined. These results showed that 64% of methyl mercaptan were compensated for the increase in sulfur after 30 minutes through the mineralization. The proposed main photocatalytic decomposition pathway of methyl mercaptan was methyl $mercaptan{\rightarrow}dimethyl$ $disulfide{\rightarrow}SO_2{\rightarrow}H_2SO_4$.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.50-54
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• 2004

Methyl Ethyl Ketone Peroxide의 분해폭발로 인한 폭발의 위험성을 평가하기 위하여 소형압력용기 시험기(MCPVT)를 사용하여 실험을 하였다. 그 결과 최대폭발 압력은 MEKPO와 MEKPO에 $98\%H_2SO_4$의 첨가량이 $1\%,\;3\%$ 및 $5\%$로 증가할 수록 증가하였으며, 최대폭발압력상승 속도도 증가하였다. 또한 분해개시 압력하에서의 온도는 $H_2SO_4$의 첨가량이 증가할수록 $168.16^{\circ}C,\;126.76^{\circ}C,\;91.21^{\circ}C$ 및 $81.25^{\circ}C$로 낮아졌다.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.417-422
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• 1987

Kinetic studies were made on the thermal decomposition of hydrated magnesium aluminum double sulfate by a nonisothermal TG method. Thermal analyses of the dehydration of tricosahydrate showed that the reaction proceeded via decahydrate to the anhydrous MgAl2(SO4)4 in the range 50$^{\circ}$to 400$^{\circ}C$. Decomposition of MgAl2(SO4)4 occurred as the two-step between 650$^{\circ}$ and 970$^{\circ}C$. Dehydration of MgAl2(SO4)4$.$23H2O and a 2D diffusion controlled with an activation energy of 16.6kcal/mole, respectively. MgAl2(SO4)4 fitted the contracting volume model with an activation energy of 10.5kcal/mole, and MgSO4 fitted a contracting area model with an activation of 4.5kcal/mole.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.395-402
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• 2006

Iodine-sulfur(IS) hydrogenation production process consists of three sections, which are so called a Bunsen reaction section, a HI decomposition section and a $H_2SO_4$ decomposition section as a closed cycle. For highly efficient operation of a Bunsen reaction section, we investigated the phase separation characteristics of $H_2SO_4-HI-H_2O-I_2$ system into two liquid phases($H_2SO_4$-rich phase and $HI_x$-rich phase) in the high temperature ranges, mainly from 353 to 393 K, and in the $H_2SO_4/HI/H_2O/I_2$ molar ratio of $1/2/14{\sim}30/0.3{\sim}13.50$. The desired results for the minimization of impurities in each phase were obtained in conditions with the higher temperature and the higher $I_2$ molar composition. On the basis of the distribution of $H_2O$ to each phase, it is appeared that the affinity between $HI_x$ and $H_2O$ was more superior to that between $H_2SO_4$ and $H_2O$.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.242-246
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• 2006

[ ${\alpha}-Al_2O_3$ ] nanopowders were fabricated by the thermal decomposition and synthetic of Ammonium Aluminum Carbonate Hydroxide (AACH). Crystallite size of 5 to 8 nm were fabricated when reaction temperature of AACH was low, $8^{\circ}C$, and the highest $[NH_4{^+}][AlO(OH)_n{(SO_4){^-}}_{3-n/2}][HCO_3]$ ionic concentration to pH of the Ammonium Hydrogen Carbonate (AHC) aqueous solution was 10. The phase transformation fem $NH_4Al(SO_4)_2$, rhombohedral $(Al_2(SO_4)_3)$, amorphous-, ${\theta}-,\;{\alpha}-Al_2O_3$ was examined at each temperature according to the AACH. A Time-Temperature-Transformation (TTT) diagram for thermal decomposition in air was determined. Homogeneous, spherical nanopowders with a particle size of 70 nm were obtained by firing the 5 to 8 m crystallites, which had been synthesized from AACH at pH 10 and $8^{\circ}C,\;at\;1150^{\circ}C$ for 3 h in air.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.13-21
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• 2016

The Sulfur-Iodine thermochemical hydrogen production process (SI process) consists of the Bunsen reaction section, the $H_2SO_4$ decomposition section, and the HI decomposition section. The $HI_x$ solution ($I_2-HI-H_2O$) could be recycled to Bunsen reaction section from the HI decomposition section in the operation of the integrated SI process. The phase separation characteristic of the Bunsen reaction using the $HI_x$ solution was similar to that of $I_2-H_2O-SO_2$ system. On the other hands, the amount of produced $H_2SO_4$ phase was small. To investigate the effects of $SO_2$ solubility on Bunsen reaction, the continuous Bunsen reaction was performed at variation of the amounts of $SO_2$ gas. Also, it was carried out to make sure of the effects of partial pressure of $SO_2$ in the condition of 3bar of $SO_2-O_2$ atmosphere. As the results, the characteristic of Bunsen reaction was improved with increasing the amounts and solubility of $SO_2$ gas. The concentration of Bunsen products was changed by reverse Bunsen reaction and evaporation of HI after 12 h.