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Book Synopsis Microbial Stabilization of Sulfur-laden Sorbents. Technical Report, 1 December 1993--28 February 1994 by :
Download or read book Microbial Stabilization of Sulfur-laden Sorbents. Technical Report, 1 December 1993--28 February 1994 written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clean coal technologies that involve limestone for sulfur capture generate lime/limestone products laden with sulfur at various oxidation states. If sulfur is completely stabilized as sulfate, the spend sorbent is ready for commercial utilization as gypsum. However, the presence of reduced sulfur species required additional processing. Thermal oxidation of reduced sulfur can result in undesirable release of SO2. Microbial oxidation might provide an inexpensive and effective alternative. Sorbents laden with reduced forms of sulfur such as sulfide, sulfite, or various polythionate species serve as growth substrates for sulfur-oxidizing bacteria, which have the potential to convert all sulfur to sulfate. This quarter, efforts focused on treating the aqueous phase of a waste sorbent obtained from an inhibited wet scrubbing process. Although two named strains, Thiobacillus neapolitanus ATCC 23639 and ATCC 23641, failed; the isolate TQ1 rapidly oxidized thiosalts, producing sulfate. The Virtis Fermentor arrived, so that experiments with TQ1 have been scaled up to 1.5 liters with temperature, aeration, and pH control.