Kinetic Study of Mercury Adsorption on Activated Carbon in Simulated Flue Gas

Abstract:

Two types of activated carbon for the removal of element mercury in simulated flue gas were studied in the paper. Mercury adsorption process on fixed bed reactor has been researched. The conclusions are as follows: The trend of mercury concentration first decreased and then increased over time; as for two types of activated carbon, the adsorption corresponds to pseudo-first-order equation and pseudo-second-order equation respectively. Because of the high correlation coefficient, the pseudo-second-order equation will correspond to actual adsorption process.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 864-867)
• Pages: 1536-1541
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.864-867.1536
• Online since: December 2013
• Authors: Yu Wu, Li Li Zhao, Jiang Wu*, Yin Xia Cao, Jia Ming Zha, Tao Hu, Bu Ni, Yan Nan Cai
• Keywords: Activated Carbon, Adsorption Kinetics Equation, Flue Gas, Mercury

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