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To Recycle Zinc (Zn) from Used Zinc-Carbon Battery as Biogas Desulfurizer

Tjokorda Gde Tirta Nindhia, I Wayan Surata, I Ketut Adi Atmika, Dewa Ngakan Ketut Putra Negara, and I Wayan Putra Adnyana
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Engineering faculty, Udayana University, Jimbaran, Bali, Indonesia, 80361
Abstract—Biogas should be purified before further application as a fuel for engine. Hidrogen Sulfide (H2S) is one the gas impurities that rising problem for the engine since will caused acidity to lubricant and corrosive to metal part of the engine. In this research, zinc obtained from used battery is utilized as desulfurizer. Two methods are introduced in this article for processing zinc as desulfurizer. First by immersing in the salt water to produce zinc oxide (ZnO) and secondly by galvanic coupling with iron in order to obtain ion Zn2+. It is found that both processing techniques having optimum result in reducing H2S impurity in the biogas.

Index Terms—zing, used battery, recycle, desulfurizer, hidrogen sulfide, biogas

Cite: Tjokorda Gde Tirta Nindhia, I Wayan Surata, I Ketut Adi Atmika, Dewa Ngakan Ketut Putra Negara, and I Wayan Putra Adnyana, "To Recycle Zinc (Zn) from Used Zinc-Carbon Battery as Biogas Desulfurizer," International Journal of Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 39-42, June 2014. doi: 10.12720/ijmse.2.1.39-42

General Information

ISSN: 2315-4527 (Print)
Abbreviated Title: Int. J. Mater. Sci. Eng.
Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Emeritus Dato' Dr. Muhammad Yahaya
DOI: 10.17706/ijmse
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E-mail: ijmse@iap.org