REMOVAL OF HYDROGEN SULFIDE FROM DIRTY GAS

摘要

The invention provides a process for the removal of hydrogen sulphide from contaminated gas which comprises contacting contaminated gas with an aqueous ferric-ion solution in a first reactor, removing precipitated sulphur from the resulting aqueous iron-containing solution, oxidizing the aqueous iron-containing solution in a second reactor in the presence of an iron-oxidizing microorganism and separating resulting aqueous ferric-ion solution from the microorganism, characterized in that the pH of the aqueous iron-containing solution in the second reactor is maintained in the range 1.2 to 1.9, the total iron concentration in the aqueous solution is at least 15 kg/m3, and the aqueous ferric-ion solution is separated from the microorganism by ultrafiltration.