A system includes a first chamber, a second chamber, an ultraviolet light source and a microwave source. The first chamber includes an inlet. The second chamber is adjacent the first chamber and includes an outlet and a waveguide. The ultraviolet light source resides within the waveguide of the second chamber. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.

Described are a low temperature plasma reaction device and a hydrogen sulfide decomposition method. The reaction device includes: a first cavity; a second cavity, the second cavity being embedded inside or outside the first cavity; an inner electrode, the inner electrode being arranged in the first cavity; an outer electrode; and a barrier dielectric arranged between the outer electrode and the inner electrode. The hydrogen sulfide decomposition method includes: implementing dielectric barrier discharge at the outer electrode and the inner electrode of the low temperature plasma reaction device, introducing a raw material gas containing hydrogen sulfide into the first cavity to implement a hydrogen sulfide decomposition method, and continuously introducing a thermally conductive medium into the second cavity in order to control the temperature of the first cavity of the low temperature plasma reaction device.

A furnace for gas fields, refineries reforming, petrochemical plants, or hydrogen generation by gasification may include: a radiant zone; a convective zone; and a first and second series of pipes through which at least two segregated process gas flows respectively pass. A first process gas flow may enter the furnace through the convective zone and, flowing through the first series of pipes, may leave the furnace through the radiant zone, or alternatively the first process gas flow may enter the furnace through the radiant zone and, flowing through the first series of pipes, may leave the furnace through the radiant zone. At least a second process gas flow may enter the furnace through the convective zone, may pass through the second series of pipes, and may leave the furnace through the convective zone. The second of series of pipes may be made of material resistant to acid gases.

A feed stream is flowed to a catalytic reactor. The catalytic reactor includes a non-thermal plasma and a catalyst. The feed stream includes hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide. The feed stream is contacted with the catalyst in the presence of the non-thermal plasma at a reaction temperature, thereby converting the hydrogen sulfide and the carbon dioxide in the feed stream to produce a product. The product includes a hydrocarbon and sulfur. The product is separated into a product stream and a sulfur stream. The product stream includes the hydrocarbon from the product. The sulfur stream includes the sulfur from the product.

A system and method for treating natural gas, including producing natural gas from a subterranean formation via a wellhead system to a nonthermal plasma (NTP) catalytic unit, converting by the NTP unit carbon dioxide (CO.sub.2) and hydrogen sulfide (H.sub.2S) in the natural gas into carbon monoxide (CO), elemental sulfur (S), and hydrogen (H.sub.2), and removing the elemental sulfur as liquid elemental sulfur to give treated natural gas. The NTP unit may convert methane (CH.sub.4) in the natural gas to heavier hydrocarbons.

An electrochemical process is provided for producing hydrogen for use in a hydrotreatment process. Hydrogen sulfide and ammonia that are produced during the hydrotreatment process are subjected to electrolysis using electrolysis cells and select catalysts to produce hydrogen which then can be used in the hydrotreatment process instead of using outside sources of hydrogen.

Decomposing gaseous hydrogen sulfide (H.sub.2S) having at least one pump supplying H.sub.2S gas in the form of bubbles; an aqueous acidic phase having at least one redox couple that do not mix with each other because of density difference and form an interface where they contact each other; and at least one column reactor having an organic phase with a density above the density of water and capable to dissolve elementary sulfur, where an oxidation reaction takes place in the interface by which the H.sub.2S bubbles carried into the organic phase through the pump are converted into elementary sulfur.

The present disclosure is related to the field of chemistry and provides methods and devices for stimulation of endothermic reactions in gas phase with high activation barriers by nanosecond pulsed electrical discharge. It can be used for, e.g., CO.sub.2 functionalization of methane, H.sub.2S dissociation, hydrogen and syngas production, for processing ammonia synthesis and dissociation, etc. Some embodiments include methods and devices associated with the stimulation of plasma chemical reactions with nanosecond pulse electric discharge in the presence of gas flow.

Methods and systems are provided for treating the tail gas stream of a sulfur recovery plant. The methods including generating a tail gas stream from a sulfur recovery plant, treating the tail gas stream with a hydrogen sulfide removal unit and a hydrogen selective membrane unit, generating a stream low in hydrogen sulfide and a stream rich in hydrogen. The hydrogen sulfide rich stream is recycled to the sulfur recovery unit. The hydrogen selective membrane unit includes a glassy polymer membrane selective for hydrogen over hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide.

Methods and systems are provided for treating the tail gas stream of a sulfur recovery plant. The methods including generating a tail gas stream from a sulfur recovery plant, treating the tail gas stream with a hydrogen sulfide removal unit and a hydrogen selective membrane unit, generating a stream low in hydrogen sulfide and a stream rich in hydrogen. The hydrogen sulfide rich stream is recycled to the sulfur recovery unit. The hydrogen selective membrane unit includes a glassy polymer membrane selective for hydrogen over hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide.