A resource recovery method and a resource recovery system of desulfurized ash. The resource recovery method includes washing desulfurized ash with water, and performing solid-liquid separation to obtain solid residues rich in calcium sulfite and calcium sulfate and a solution rich in calcium hydroxide; preparing the solution into desulfurization slurry; and roasting the solid residues under the action of a reducing agent to obtain flue gas rich in sulfur dioxide and residues rich in calcium oxide. Therefore, the recovery of sulfur and calcium in the desulfurized ash is realized, and no solid waste, liquid waste, gas waste, etc. are produced in the process.

A method can include performing a series of reactions in a closed cycle, the series of reactions consisting of a hydrolysis reaction where a redox reagent is oxidized to a corresponding oxidized redox reagent with water contemporaneously with the production of hydrogen; and a reduction reaction where the oxidized redox reagent is reduced to the redox reagent using a sulfurous reactant contemporaneously with production of sulfur dioxide.

The present disclosure provides autocatalytic cycles and chemical reactor systems in which the autocatalytic cycles may be conducted. Also provided are methods of identifying the autocatalytic cycles and methods of conducting the autocatalytic cycles, e.g., to produce a desired product. Regarding the methods of conducting the autocatalytic cycles, such a method comprises: carrying out a comproportionation reaction by reacting a first reactant M.sub.1 and a second reactant M.sub.2 to form a product M.sub.3, wherein M.sub.1, M.sub.2, and M.sub.3 each comprise at least one chemical element in common and the product M.sub.3 is produced in stoichiometric excess; and carrying out an auxiliary reaction by converting the product M.sub.3 to M.sub.1 or M.sub.2.

A method of generating hydrogen gas includes providing a colony of sulfur-reducing bacteria and a colony of sulfur-oxidizing bacteria. The colonies can be submerged in a body of water. The colony of sulfur-reducing bacteria can be used to convert at least a portion of sulfates present in the body of water to hydrogen sulfide. The colony of sulfur-oxidizing bacteria can be used to convert the hydrogen sulfide to sulfuric acid. The sulfuric acid can react with manganese to produce hydrogen gas and manganese sulfate.