The adsorption capacity for vapor-phase elemental mercury(Hg0) of residual carbon separated from fly ash was studied in an attempt for the control of elemental mercury emissions from combustion processes. At low mercu...The adsorption capacity for vapor-phase elemental mercury(Hg0) of residual carbon separated from fly ash was studied in an attempt for the control of elemental mercury emissions from combustion processes. At low mercury concentrations(<200 μg/m3), unburned carbon had higher adsorption capacity than commercial activated carbon. The adsorbality of unburned carbon was also found to be source dependent. Isotherms of FS carbon(separated from fly ash of a power plant of Shishi in Fujian Province) were similar to those classified as typeⅡ. Isotherms of XJ carbon(separated from fly ash of a power plant of Jingcheng in Shanxi Province) were more like those classified as type Ⅲ. Due to the relatively low production costs, these residual carbons would likely be considerably more cost-effective for the full-scale removal of mercury from combustion flue gases than other technology.展开更多
Coal combustion technologies are changing in order to burn coal more cleanly.Many 'clean combustion' and post-combustion technologies are developed to remove SO_2 and NO_xgases, particulate matter during combu...Coal combustion technologies are changing in order to burn coal more cleanly.Many 'clean combustion' and post-combustion technologies are developed to remove SO_2 and NO_xgases, particulate matter during combustion, or from the flue gases leaving the furnace. This paperfocuses on three types of fly ash (flue gas desulfurization (FGD) residuals, atmospheric fluidizedbed combustion (AFBC) residuals and sorbent duct injection (SDI) residuals) which produced by 'theclean combustion' and post-combustion technologies. The residuals formed by FGD are PCFA (pulverizedcoal fly ash) grains entrained with reacted and unre-acted sorbent and have lower bulk densitiesthan PCFA grains because it contains higher concentrations of calcium and sulfur, and lowerconcentrations of silicon, aluminum and iron than PCFAs. AFBC residuals consist of spent bed whichis a heterogeneous mixture of coarse-grained bed material and irregularly shaped, unfused, sphericalPCFAs. The main crystalline phases in AFBC residuals are anhydrite (reacted sorbent), quartz andlime (unreacted sobent), calcite, hematite, periclase, magnetite and feldspars. The residualsproduced by SDI contained 65 percent-70 percent PCFA with the larger sizes material beingirregularly shaped, fused or rough-edged. The reaction products of sorbent (portlandite and lime)included calcium sulfate (anhydrite) and calcium sulfate. The chemical properties of these residualsare similar to those of high calcium PCFAs because of the high alkalinity and high pH of theseresiduals.展开更多
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China(No. 50306010) and the National Basic Research Program(973) of China(No. G1999022200)
文摘The adsorption capacity for vapor-phase elemental mercury(Hg0) of residual carbon separated from fly ash was studied in an attempt for the control of elemental mercury emissions from combustion processes. At low mercury concentrations(<200 μg/m3), unburned carbon had higher adsorption capacity than commercial activated carbon. The adsorbality of unburned carbon was also found to be source dependent. Isotherms of FS carbon(separated from fly ash of a power plant of Shishi in Fujian Province) were similar to those classified as typeⅡ. Isotherms of XJ carbon(separated from fly ash of a power plant of Jingcheng in Shanxi Province) were more like those classified as type Ⅲ. Due to the relatively low production costs, these residual carbons would likely be considerably more cost-effective for the full-scale removal of mercury from combustion flue gases than other technology.
文摘Coal combustion technologies are changing in order to burn coal more cleanly.Many 'clean combustion' and post-combustion technologies are developed to remove SO_2 and NO_xgases, particulate matter during combustion, or from the flue gases leaving the furnace. This paperfocuses on three types of fly ash (flue gas desulfurization (FGD) residuals, atmospheric fluidizedbed combustion (AFBC) residuals and sorbent duct injection (SDI) residuals) which produced by 'theclean combustion' and post-combustion technologies. The residuals formed by FGD are PCFA (pulverizedcoal fly ash) grains entrained with reacted and unre-acted sorbent and have lower bulk densitiesthan PCFA grains because it contains higher concentrations of calcium and sulfur, and lowerconcentrations of silicon, aluminum and iron than PCFAs. AFBC residuals consist of spent bed whichis a heterogeneous mixture of coarse-grained bed material and irregularly shaped, unfused, sphericalPCFAs. The main crystalline phases in AFBC residuals are anhydrite (reacted sorbent), quartz andlime (unreacted sobent), calcite, hematite, periclase, magnetite and feldspars. The residualsproduced by SDI contained 65 percent-70 percent PCFA with the larger sizes material beingirregularly shaped, fused or rough-edged. The reaction products of sorbent (portlandite and lime)included calcium sulfate (anhydrite) and calcium sulfate. The chemical properties of these residualsare similar to those of high calcium PCFAs because of the high alkalinity and high pH of theseresiduals.
