Desulphurization characteristics of bamboo charcoal from sulfur solution

Shengbo Ge; Zhenling Liu; Rende Li; Yuzo Furuta; Wanxi Peng

doi:10.1016/j.sjbs.2016.09.005

Desulphurization characteristics of bamboo charcoal from sulfur solution

Saudi J Biol Sci. 2017 Jan;24(1):127-131. doi: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2016.09.005. Epub 2016 Sep 22.

Authors

Shengbo Ge¹, Zhenling Liu², Rende Li¹, Yuzo Furuta³, Wanxi Peng⁴

Affiliations

¹ School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China.
² School of Management, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, China.
³ Laboratory of Biomaterials Science, Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto, Japan.
⁴ School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China; Laboratory of Biomaterials Science, Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto, Japan.

Abstract

Sulfur powder and sulfur dioxide (SO₂) often floated in air, produced acid rain and algal blooms, and could cause diseases. Bamboo charcoal could have adsorption and filtration properties. In order to figure out the optimal adsorption condition and the intrinsic change of the bamboo charcoal, five chemicals were adsorbed by bamboo charcoal and were analyzed by FT-IR. Fe₂(SO₄)₃'s, Na₂SO₄'s, Na₂S₂O₈'s, S's, and Na₂SO₃'s optimal adsorption condition was the concentration of 19 g/1000 g and stir time of 20 min, 21 g/1000 g and stir time of 60 min, 7 g/1000 g and stir time of 120 min, 11 g/1000 g and stir time of 120 min, 21 g/1000 g and stir time of 60 min, respectively. FT-IR spectra showed that for FT-IR spectra of Fe₂(SO₄)₃, the transmissivity of the peaks at 3435 cm^-1 and 2925 cm^-1 achieved the maximum for 60 min and the concentration was 19 g/1000 g, the transmissivity of the peaks at 1630 cm^-1, 1060 cm^-1 and 660 cm^-1 achieved the maximum for 60 min and the concentration was 7 g/1000 g. For FT-IR spectra of Na₂SO₄, the transmissivity of the peaks at 1630 cm^-1, 1060 cm^-1 and 660 cm^-1 achieved the maximum for 20 min and the concentration was 13 g/1000 g. For FT-IR spectra of Na₂S₂O₈, the transmissivity of the peaks at 3435 cm^-1, 2925 cm^-1, 1630 cm^-1 and 1060 cm^-1 achieved the maximum for 120 min and the concentration was 19 g/1000 g. For FT-IR spectra of S, the transmissivity of the peaks at 3435 cm^-1, 2925 cm^-1, 1630 cm^-1 and 1060 cm^-1 achieved the maximum for 20 min and the concentration was 11 g/1000 g, 17 g/1000 g and 21 g/1000 g. For FT-IR spectra of Na₂SO₃, the transmissivity of the peaks at 3435 cm^-1 achieved the maximum for 120 min and the concentration was 5 g/1000 g, the transmissivity of the peaks at 2925 cm^-1, 1630 cm^-1 and 1060 cm^-1 achieved the maximum for 120 min and the concentration was 11 g/1000 g. In these states, the number of the transmissivity of the maximum peaks is the largest.

Keywords: Adsorption; Bamboo charcoal; Desulfuration; Fe2(SO4)3; Na2S2O8; Na2SO3; Na2SO4; S.