Claims
- 1. A process for recovering elemental sulfur from a gas mixture containing hydrogen sulfide consisting essentially of contacting said gas mixture with an oxygen-containing gas to result in a gas having a molar ratio of hydrogen sulfide to oxygen that is less than 2 in a temperature range of about 240.degree. C. to about 400.degree. C. in the presence of an mixed-oxide catalyst consisting essentially of iron (III) oxide, molybdenum (VI) oxide and antimony (III) oxide wherein said mixed-oxide catalyst has a molar ratio of antimony atom to iron atom and molybdenum atom ranging from 1:10 to 10:1.
- 2. The process according to claim 1 wherein said mixed-oxide catalyst is presulfurizied prior to said contacting.
- 3. The process according to claim 1 wherein said mixed-oxide catalyst is a mixture of iron (III) molybdate and antimony (III) oxide.
- 4. The process according to claim 3 wherein said mixed-oxide catalyst is presulfurizied prior to said contacting.
- 5. The process according to claim 1 wherein said mixed-oxide catalyst is in the form of monolith, particle or pellet.
- 6. The process according to claim 3 wherein said mixed-oxide catalyst is in the form of monolith, particle or pellet.
- 7. The process according to claim 6 wherein said iron (III) molybdate is in the form of monolith, particle or pellet, and said antimony (III) oxide is in the form of monolith, particle or pellet.
- 8. The process according to claim 6 wherein said iron (III) molybdate is in the form of monolith, particle or pellet, and said antimony (III) oxide is deposited on said iron (III) molybdate.
- 9. The process according to claim 6 wherein said antimony (III) oxide is in the form of monolith, particle or pellet, and said iron (III) molybdate is deposited on said antimony (III) oxide.
- 10. The process according to claim 1 wherein said mixed-oxide catalyst is deposited on a porous carrier selected from the group consisting of alumina, silica and zeolite.
- 11. The process according to claim 1 wherein said oxygen-containing gas is air.
- 12. A process according to claim 1 wherein said gas mixture contains 0.8-3 vol % of hydrogen sulfide.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/523,362, entitled "Selective Oxidation of Hydrogen Sulfide in the Presence of Iron-Based Catalysts," to Li, et al., filed on Sep. 5, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,700,440, issued on Dec. 23, 1997. The above-listed application is commonly assigned with the present invention and is incorporated herein by reference as if reproduced herein in its entirety.
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