The Sulfur Problem: Cleaning Up Industrial Feedstocks -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Introduction: the Sulfur Problem -- 1 Sources of Sulfur and Major Uses -- 2 Environmental Sulfur Levels -- 3 Acid Rain -- 4 Conclusions -- 5 References -- Chapter 2 Catalytic Hydrodesulfurisation -- 1 The Process -- 2 The Catalyst -- 3 Mechanism of Hydrodesulfurisation -- 4 References -- Chapter 3 Adsorption and Absorption of H2S -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Absorption into a Liquid -- Absorption in Alkanolamine -- Absorption in Ammonia Solution -- Absorption in Alkaline Salt Solutions -- 3 Removal of H2S by Oxidation -- Claus Process -- Superclaus Process -- Iron Oxide Process -- Activated Carbon Process -- 4 Removal of H2S and Other Sulfur Compounds Using Solid Sorbents -- High Temperature Sorbents -- Low Temperature Sorbents -- 5 Conclusions -- 6 References -- Chapter 4 Clean-up of Sulfur Dioxide -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Absorption in Liquids -- SO2 Clean-up Using a Lime/Limestone Process -- Alternative Absorbents for SO2 Removal -- Absorbents for the Removal of Both SO2 and NOx -- 3 Sorption in Solids -- Activated Carbon Process -- Copper Oxide Regenerable Sorbent -- Alkali Salt Promoted CuO/γ-Al2O3 -- Removal of NOx and SO2 -- 4 Conclusions -- 5 References -- Chapter 5 Synthesis and Characterisation of Solid Sorbents -- 1 Prerequisites for Efficient Sorbents -- 2 Synthesis of Sorbents -- 3 Layered Structures -- 4 Characterisation Techniques for Sorbents -- X-ray Powder Diffraction (XRD) -- Infra-red Spectroscopy -- UV-vis-Near-IR Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy -- Thermal Methods -- Electron Microscopy -- Surface Area Analysis -- 5 References -- Chapter 6 Surface Energies and Interactions between Particles -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Miller Indices -- 3 Dielectric Properties -- 4 Electrostatic Forces -- 5 Dispersion Forces -- 6 Hydration Forces -- 7 Double Layer Effects.

8 Conclusions -- 9 References -- Chapter 7 Determination of the Sulfur Sorption Capacity of Solid Sorbents -- 1 Sorption Processes -- 2 Sorption Kinetics -- Mass Transfer and Diffusion -- Breakthrough Curves -- 3 References -- Subject Index.