Process for controlling environmental pollution from steam containing hydrogen sulfide

摘要: Certain impure steams, especially those from geothermal sources, are polluted with hydrogen sulfide, ammonia, carbon dioxide, other gases, and finely divided particulate solid matter in a form resembling dust or smoke. These contaminants reduce the efficiency of steam as heat transfer fluid, detrimental to equipment utilizing an energy source, result environmental pollution expensive requirements for limiting same. By invention herein so is selectively processed gaseous state upstream said remove sulfide therefrom, without removing pollutants, effluents thereof, recover valuable materials improve utility source. This done by contacting flow aqueous liquid reactant media consisting essentially one more reactive compounds certain metals which metal reaction products preferably electropositive respect hydrogen. The subsequently may be recovered useful byproducts. recycled regenerated products.