The Study on the Performance of Wet Limestone-Gypsum Flue Gas Mercury Removal Additive

Abstract:

The influences on the performance of wet flue gas desulfurization system in mercury removing after adding mercury removal additive were studied. As a consequence, the mercury removal efficiency can be improved by this kind of additive, that the efficiency of elemental mercury and total mercury is raised along with the amount of additive is increased. And so can the desulfuration efficiency. The oxidation of calcium sulfite in desulfurization is promoted by the mercury removal additive, increase the reduce speed of calcium sulfite concentration.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 448-453)
• Pages: 608-612
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.448-453.608
• Online since: October 2013
• Authors: Li Bao Yin, Qi Sheng Xu, Jiang Jun Hu, Yang Heng Xiong, Si Wei Chen
• Keywords: Additive, Flue Gas Desulfurization, Mercury Removal

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