Patent Detail
Superfund Research Program
Process Using Recyclable Sorbents for the Removal of Sox from Flue Gases and Other Gas Streams
Number: 5,785,938
Year: 1998
Patent Status: Issued
Authors: Pinnavaia, T.J., M. Chibwe, J. Amarasekera
A process for removing and then capturing noxious sulfur oxides from gas streams, particularly from the flue gases of coal-burning power plants, using Ni-containing heated layered double hydroxide (LDH) as recyclable sorbents. The sorbent compositions contain metal components that form stable metal sulfites and sulfates at one temperature, but are decomposed at a higher temperature to regenerate the sorbent material.
Associated Projects:
- Michigan State University: Functional Nanostructures of Groundwater Remediation