Silver-modified activated carbon for adsorptive removal of elemental sulfur from light naphtha
摘要
In this study, silver nitrate-modified activated carbon was synthesized via the incipient wetness impregnation method, and the prepared adsorbent was used for adsorptive desulfurization of light naphtha. Characterization techniques including XRD, TEM, SEM–EDS, TG/DSC, ICP-OES, and XPS were utilized to comprehensively characterize the modification effect of silver nitrate on the adsorbent and the adsorption efficiency of elemental sulfur. The BET-N2 isotherm revealed the micro-mesoporous properties of the material. The adsorbent Ag1/AC exhibited an adsorption capacity for elemental sulfur as high as 56.78 mg S/g. The overall mechanism characteristics were confirmed by adsorption isotherm and kinetic data, where the adsorption was found to follow pseudo-first order kinetics with physical adsorption being the predominant process.