SBIR Phase I: Clean, Inexpensive, and Carbon-free Energy from a Toxic Waste

SBIR一期项目将开发一种独特的填充床（无催化剂）反应器，该反应器可以在内部保持温度，将H2S转化为氢和硫。该反应器有助于克服标准克劳斯反应的平衡限制，并且还允许捕获氢气，否则将作为废物消耗。该项目的更广泛/商业影响将集中在从炼油厂的硫化氢废液中生产硫，而不是将氢作为废气处理（如Claus工艺）。这个过程允许使用氢作为燃料，也可以驱动涡轮机，从而节省能源。此外，氢是一种无碳燃料。

This SBIR Phase I project will develop a unique packed bed (no catalyst) reactor that can internally maintain temperatures for converting H2S to hydrogen and sulfur. This reactor helps to defeat the equilibrium limitation of the standard Claus Reaction and in addition allows one to capture hydrogen which is otherwise expended as a waste.The broader/commercial impact of the project will be to focus attention on the production of sulfur from petroleum refinery waste streams of H2S instead of treating the hydrogen as a waste exhaust gas (as the Claus process does). This process allows for the use of hydrogen both as a fuel and also to drive turbines and thereby save energy. Furthermore, hydrogen is a carbonless fuel.