Study of Mercury Re-Emission from Simulated Wet Flue Gas Desulfurization Liquors

Abstract:

Hg²⁺ captured by wet flue gas desulfurization (WFGD) systems can easily be reduced by reducing substances such as S(IV) (SO₃^2- or HSO₃^-) and results in emissions of elemental mercury (Hg⁰). The re-emission of Hg⁰ would lead to a damping of the total mercury removal efficiency by WFGD systems. The effects of the operating conditions, which included the pH, temperature, Cl^- concentrations and oxygen concentrations, on Hg⁰ re-emission from WFGD liquors was carried out. The experimental results indicated that the Hg⁰ re-emission rate from WFGD liquors increased as the operational temperatures and pH values increased. The Hg⁰ re-emission rates decreased as the O₂ concentration of flue gas and Cl^- concentration of WFGD liquors increased. So the Hg⁰ re-emission from WFGD system can be reduced or slowed by decreasing the temperature and pH, or by using forced oxidation. The present findings could be valuable for industrial application of characterizing and optimizing mercury control in WFGD systems.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 610-613)
• Pages: 2033-2037
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.610-613.2033
• Online since: December 2012
• Authors: Yu Ze Jiang, Chuan Min Chen, Li Xing Jiang, Song Tao Liu, Bin Wang
• Keywords: Hg²⁺ Reduction, Mercury Removal, Re-Emission, Wet Flue Gas Desulfurization Liquors

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