RESEARCH ARTICLE
Heterogeneous Decomposition of a Hydrogen Sulfide-Methane Sour Mixture Flowing in a Rectangular Channel
J. C. Martínez1, F. Méndez*, 2, C. Treviño3
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2008Volume: 2
First Page: 42
Last Page: 50
Publisher ID: TOCENGJ-2-42
DOI: 10.2174/1874123100802010042
Article History:
Received Date: 09/01/2008Revision Received Date: 12/02/2008
Acceptance Date: 25/02/2008
Electronic publication date: 18/3/2008
Collection year: 2008
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Abstract
In this work, we analyze the heterogeneous conversion process of hydrogen sulfide acid, H2S, to atomic hydrogen, H0 , in a binary gas mixture composed by the above acid component and methane gas. We consider that the sour mixture flows in a horizontal rectangular channel under a laminar, hydrodynamically fully-developed flow regime and the decomposition process takes place on the internal walls of the channel made by iron. The heterogeneous chemical activity on the metallic walls is conducted by a reactive scheme based on four reactions: one adsorption, two electrochemical, and an exothermic reaction needed to complete the conversion process. The longitudinal profiles of the species H2S and H0 on the surfaces of the channel as functions of the nondimensional parameters involved in the present model, are shown. In addition, the surface coverages of the chemical products HS– , H+ and H0 , together with the surface coverage of the vacancies derived from the chemical and electrochemical reactions are presented.