Mercury Emission, Control and Measurement from Coal Combustion

Pan, Wei‐Ping; Cao, Yan; Zhang, Kai

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-30445-3_6

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“…Both wet and dry FGD systems without SCR removed 80-90% of the oxidized mercury, but elemental mercury was not affected (Pavlish et al 2003). Only the combination of SCRs and FGDs was considered as an effective Hg control method (Józewicz 2007, Pan et al 2013.…”

Section: Mercury Speciation In Fl Ue Gasesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Transformations of mercury in processes of solid fuel combustion – review

Czaplicka¹,

Pyta²

2017

Archives of Environmental Protection

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Abstract:The paper presents current reports on kinetics and mechanisms of reactions with mercury which take place in the exhaust gases, discharged from the processes of combustion of solid fuels (coals). The three main stages were considered. The fi rst one, when thermal decomposition of Hg components takes place together with formation of elemental mercury (Hg 0 ). The second one with homogeneous oxidation of Hg 0 to Hg 2+ by other active components of exhaust gases (e.g. HCl). The third one with heterogeneous reactions of gaseous mercury (the both -elemental and oxidised Hg) and solid particles of fl y ash, leading to generation of particulate-bound mercury (Hg p ). Infl uence of exhaust components and their concentrations, temperature and retention time on the effi ciency of mercury oxidation was determined. The issues concerning physical (gas-solid) and chemical speciation of mercury (fractionation Hg 0 -Hg 2+ ) as well as factors which have infl uence on the mercury speciation in exhaust gases are discussed in detail.

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Section: Mercury Speciation In Fl Ue Gasesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Transformations of mercury in processes of solid fuel combustion – review

Czaplicka¹,

Pyta²

2017

Archives of Environmental Protection

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“…A series of studies have been conducted to measure the Hg emission levels of cement production (Li, 2011;Zhang, 2007). Based on the available data from those field tests, the emission factors are estimated at 0.008, 0.052, and 0.120 g t −1 product for cement kilns with FF, ESP, and WET dust collectors, respectively.…”

Section: Cement Productionmentioning

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Evaluating the effects of China's pollution control on inter-annual trends and uncertainties of atmospheric mercury emissions

Zhao¹,

Zhong²,

Zhang³

et al. 2014

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Abstract. China's atmospheric mercury (Hg) emissions of anthropogenic origin have been effectively restrained through the national policy of air pollution control. Improved methods based on available field measurements are developed to quantify the benefits of Hg abatement through various emission control measures. Those measures include increased use of flue gas desulfurization (FGD) and selective catalyst reduction (SCR) systems for power sector, precalciners with fabric filter (FF) for cement production, machinery coking with electrostatic precipitator (ESP) for iron and steel production, and advanced manufacturing technologies for nonferrous metal smelting. Declining trends in emissions factors for those sources are revealed, leading to a much slower growth of national total Hg emissions than that of energy and economy, from 679 in 2005 to 750 metric tons (t) in 2012. In particular, nearly half of emissions from the above-mentioned four types of sources are expected to be reduced in 2012, attributed to expansion of technologies with high energy efficiencies and air pollutant removal rates after 2005. The speciation of Hg emissions keeps stable for recent years, with the mass fractions of around 55, 39 and 6% for Hg0, Hg2+ and Hgp, respectively. The lower estimate of Hg emissions than previous inventories is supported by limited chemistry simulation work, but middle-to-long term observation on ambient Hg levels is further needed to justify the inter-annual trends of estimated Hg emissions. With improved implementation of emission controls and energy saving, 23% reduction in annual Hg emissions for the most optimistic case in 2030 is expected compared to 2012, with total emissions below 600 t. While Hg emissions are evaluated to be gradually constrained, increased uncertainties are quantified with Monte-Carlo simulation for recent years, particularly for power and certain industrial sources. The uncertainty of Hg emissions from coal-fired power plants, as an example, increased from −48~ +73% in 2005 to −50~ +89% in 2012 (expressed as 95% confidence interval). This is attributed mainly to swiftly increased penetration of advanced manufacturing and pollutant control technologies. The unclear operation status or relatively small sample size of field measurements on those technologies results in lower but highly varied emission factors. To further confirm the benefits of pollution control polices with reduced uncertainty, therefore, systematic investigations are recommended specific for Hg pollution sources, and the variability of temporal trends and spatial distributions of Hg emissions need to be better tracked for the country under dramatic changes in economy, energy and air pollution status.

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Mercury Emission, Control and Measurement from Coal Combustion

Cited by 2 publications

References 20 publications

Transformations of mercury in processes of solid fuel combustion – review

Transformations of mercury in processes of solid fuel combustion – review

Evaluating the effects of China's pollution control on inter-annual trends and uncertainties of atmospheric mercury emissions

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