Chemical Looping Combustion of Methane: A Technology Development View

Table 3

Conversion of the oxygen carriers during methane CLC.

Sr. number	Oxygen carrier	Initial moles	Reduced state	Waste
1	CuO	4	Cu (4 moles) 100%
2	NiO	4	Ni (3.80 mole) 95.05%
3	CoO	4	Co (3.51 mole ) 87.75%
4	Fe2O3	1.33	Fe (1.08 mole) 40.55%,; FeO (1.31 mole) 49.14%; Fe3O4 (0.09 mole) 3.29%
5	Mn2O3	1.33	MnO (2.68 mole) 99.99%
6	CaSO4	1	CaO (0.04 mole) 3.88%; CaS (0.93 mole) 92.55%; CaCO3 (0.02 mole) 2.15%	CaO (0.04 mole) 3.88%; CaCO3 (0.02 mole) 2.15%
7	Na2SO4	1	Na2S (0.87 mole) 86.677%; Na2CO3 (0.033 mole) 3.23%; NaOH (0.02 mole 1.69%)	Na2CO3 (0.033 mole) 3.23%