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Petroleum production and refining, sewer and wastewater treatment and mining industries most commonly produce hydrogen sulfide. The gas is produced as a result of the microbial breakdown of organic materials in the absence of oxygen. Hydrogen Sulfide is produced in process units that remove sulfur from petroleum at oil refineries. In the petroleum refining process, it is formed when Sulfur is removed from petroleum. Hydrogen sulfide is transported to a processing unit where it is made into Sulfur or Sulfuric acid. It is also a by-product of paper pulping.

H2S hazardous

Unutilized, waste toxic hydrogen sulfide (H2S) gas eliminated into the environment from the H2S-releasing industries pose a great danger to the environment and animal life. H2S levels of 100 ppm and above are considered instantly hazardous to health and life; a level of 500 or above can cause immediate unconsciousness. Its hazardous level is lower than many other toxic gases.  The toxicity of H2S can cause rapid death. Other effects of this gas include breathlessness, convulsions, coma, shock, leading to loss of consciousness, and eventually death.

Neutralizing or scavenging H2S

Hydrogen sulfide is a colorless, flammable gas with a pungent “rotten egg” or “rotten cabbage” odor at room temperature. The gas has a low odor threshold below 1 ppm, the minimum perceptible odor being 0.13 ppm. At 30 ppm level, its peculiar odor becomes recognizable. Its leakage and presence in the atmosphere can. thus, be easily detected. Leaked H2S gas can be neutralized by spraying water down the gas and adding sodium bicarbonate, but it is not feasible when a large volume of gas is thrown by the industries in the environment. It articulates the significance of scavenging H2S in the atmosphere.

Scavengers

This article aims to focus on the effective methods to control H2S odor with environment-friendly processes in the Pulp and Paper, Landfill Gas, Wastewater, and Biogas Disaster industries. The greater focus is on eliminating or scavenge this gas. H2S scavenging, or “gas sweetening,” is both a safety-critical and economic concern for ensuring trouble-free upstream and downstream operations. Solid or liquid scavengers are often used for this purpose. Triazines are the most commonly used scavengers.

Liquid scavenger Triazine

Triazines are a class of nitrogen-containing heterocycles existing in three isomeric forms. Triazine is primarily used for removing less than 100 ppm levels of H2S gas. It is applied using a contact tower to increasing H2S removal efficiency up to two times. Triazine application is also an ideal solution when the acid gas stream contains high levels of carbon dioxide apart from H2S. Triazines react favorably with the H2S without inhibition by the CO2.

Aqueous solutions of Amine scavenger 

Hydrogen sulfide is known to be neither primary nor a secondary contaminant under the existing drinking water requirements of the Environmental Protection Agency; however, if the content of hydrogen sulfide underwater is greater than 0.5 parts per million (ppm), it will:

· Have an unpleasant smell.

· Oxidize iron, steel, copper, and brass in very well housing/pipework/bathroom fixtures

· Taint or discolored silverware, copperware, and brassware

· Smudge laundry and bath fixtures yellow or black

· Discolor drinks

· Change the characteristics and flavor of prepared meats.

Sulfate is graded as a supplementary contaminant with a secondary MCL (Maximum Contaminant Level) of 250 ppm. High sulfate levels over 250 ppm:

· Impart sour taste to you

·  Have a lenitive effect

·  Source of dehydration

There are several recovery methods available to remove hydrogen sulfide and sulfate from domestic water. The choice of form and scale of the treatment method depends on the intensity of hydrogen sulfate and sulfite in the water. The intensity also varies on whether you require a point-of-entry (whole-house treatment) or point-of-use (one-gripe water treatment for drinking and cooking) device. If the concentration gets increased, care of the entire house is usually advised.

When seeking H2S removal from water using degasification or amine solution, the pH must get correctly balanced before treatment. This gets more difficult if you are not even using water for membrane filtration or softening. When the pH of the water increases just above a pH of 5.5, it becomes much more difficult to transfer the H2S or the sulfides into a gaseous state to enable them to get separated as a gas through a degasification process that uses a detoxifier.

Hydrogen Sulfide

At a pH of 7, the conversion rate decreases, and the regular degasification tower can extract just 80-85 percent of hydrogen sulfide (H2S), keeping behind the residual hydrogen sulfide (H2S) levels. In most situations, by reducing the pH to 5.5 (Ideal level) or at minimum a pH of 6, the removal efficiency improves to 99 percent. Where high water purity is needed, such as breweries or canneries, the rate of H2S removal from water can get to 99.99 percent.