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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Serre, Shannon D.
• Gullett, Brian K.
• Ghorishi, S. Behrooz

Titel

Entrained-Flow Adsorption of Mercury Using Activated Carbon

Ist Teil von

• Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association (1995), 2001-05, Vol.51 (5), p.733-741

Ort / Verlag

Pittsburgh, PA: Taylor & Francis Group

Erscheinungsjahr

2001

Quelle

Taylor & Francis

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Bench-scale experiments were conducted in a flow reactor to simulate entrained-flow capture of elemental mercury (Hg 0 ) by activated carbon. Adsorption of Hg 0 by several commercial activated carbons was examined at different C:Hg ratios (by weight) (350:1-29,000:1), particle sizes (4-44 um), Hg 0 concentrations (44, 86, and 124 ppb), and temperatures (23-250 °C). Increasing the C:Hg ratio from 2100:1 to 11,000:1 resulted in an increase in removal from 11 to 30% for particle sizes of 4-8 um and a residence time of 6.5 sec. Mercury capture increased with a decrease in particle size. At 100 °C and an Hg 0 concentration of 86 ppb, a 20% Hg 0 reduction was obtained with 4- to 8-um particles, compared with only a 7% reduction for 24- to 44-um particles. Mercury uptake decreased with an increase in temperature over a range of 21-150 °C. Only a small amount of the Hg 0 uptake capacity is being utilized (less than 1%) at such short residence times. Increasing the residence time over a range of 3.8-13 sec did not increase adsorption for a lignite-based carbon; however, increasing the time from 3.6 to 12 sec resulted in higher Hg 0 removal for a bituminous-based carbon.