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Elemental mercury removal from syngas at high-temperature using activated char pyrolyzed from biomass and lignite

College of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, P. R. China 1Environmental Engineering College, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030013, P. R. China
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Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, November 2016, 33(11), 3134-3140(7), 10.1007/s11814-016-0182-7
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Abstract

Activated char obtained by the co-pyrolysis of a mixture of lignite and biomass impregnated with ZnCl2 solution was found to be effective for the high-temperature capture of mercury from syngas. The prepared samples were characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Hg-thermal programmed desorption as well as Brunauer-Emmett-Teller analysis. The results show that activated char exhibits a large surface area as well as abundant micropores and C-Cl, C=O, and COOH functional groups. During the chemisorption of mercury, gaseous Hg0 is first oxidized by C-Cl to HgCl2; HgCl2 which acts as the intermediate product then reacts with the C=O and COOH functional groups on the surface of activated char to generate Hg-OM. At high adsorption temperatures, Hg-OM on the adsorbent surface can further decompose and generate HgO. The C-Cl group is important for the first oxidation step of gaseous Hg0, and the formation of HgCl2 is the rate-determining step for the entire process of adsorption.

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