Characteristic of the Pressurized Continuous Bunsen Reaction using HIx Solution

Abstract

The Sulfur-Iodine thermochemical hydrogen production process (SI process) consists of the Bunsen reaction section, the H2SO4 decomposition section and the HI decomposition section. The HIx solution (HI-I2-H2O) 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 HIx solution was similar to that of SO2-I2-H2O system. However, the amount of produced H2SO4 phase was too small. To solve this problem, the study was carried out by the pressurized continuous Bunsen reaction. Bunsen reactions were performed at variation of feed rate of SO2/O2 gas in 3 bar of atmosphere. Also, it was performed to check the effects of the residence time in the reservoir on the characteristics of Bunsen products. As the results, the concentration of H2SO4 and HI in Bunsen products was increased with increasing the amounts of SO2. When the residence time in the reservoir increased, the concentration of H2SO4 and HI in HIx phase was decreased by reverse Bunsen reaction.

Keywords

• Hydrogen production
• Sulfur-Iodine process
• Bunsen reaction
• HIx solution
• Continuous reaction
• Pressurized reaction