Thermally robust chelating adsorbents for the capture of gaseous mercury: Fixed-bed behavior

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 486-491

  Ji, Lei ^a   Abu Daabes, Malyuba ^a   Pinto, Neville G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Chelating adsorbent; Flue gas; HgCl2; Mercury

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORBENTS; ADSORPTION; CHELATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COAL; DIFFUSION COATINGS; FLUE GASES; FLUES; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; GASES; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; METAL RECOVERY; MINING; PORE SIZE; SILANES; SILICA;

CAPTURE EFFICIENCIES; CHELATING ADSORBENT; CHELATING AGENTS; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS; COMMERCIAL ACTIVATED CARBONS; FUNCTIONALIZED; GAS PHASE; GASEOUS MERCURIES; HGCL2; HIGH CAPACITIES; LIMITING STEPS; MERCAPTOPROPYLTRIMETHOXY SILANES; MERCURIC CHLORIDES; MERCURY; MERCURY ADSORPTIONS; MERCURY REMOVALS; MESOPOROUS SILICAS; OXIDIZED MERCURIES; UPTAKE CAPACITIES;

GAS ADSORPTION;

EID: 58149299802     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2008.09.012     Document Type: Article

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