Mercury emission and speciation of coal-fired power plants in China

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1183-1192

  Wang, S X ^a   Zhang, L ^a   Li, G H ^a   Wu, Y ^a   Hao, J M ^a   Pirrone, N ^b   Sprovieri, F ^b   Ancora, M P ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CNR Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; EMISSION INVENTORY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

CHINA;

EID: 76149142467     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-1183-2010     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. ASTM D6784-02: Standard test method for elemental, oxidized, particle-bound, and total mercury in flue gas generated from coal-fired stationary sources (Ontario-Hydro Method), ASTM International, Pennsylvania, USA, 2002.
2. Cao, Y., Cheng, C., Chen, C., Liu, M., Wang, C., and Pan, W.: Abatement of mercury emissions in the coal combustion process equipped with a Fabric Filter Baghouse, Fuel, 87, 3322-3330, 2008a.
3. Cao, Y., Gao, Z., Zhu, J., Wang, Q., Huang, Y., and Chiu, C.: Impacts of halogen additions on mercury oxidation, in a slipstream selective catalyst reduction (SCR), reactor when burning sub-bituminous coal, Environ. Sci. Technol., 42(1), 256-261, 2008b.
4. Chen, L., Duan, Y., Zhuo, Y., Yang, L., Zhang, L., Yang, X., Yao, Q., Jiang, Y., and Xu, X.: Mercury transformation across partic-ulate control devices in six power plants of China: The co-effect of chlorine and ash composition, Fuel, 86(4), 603-610, 2007.
5. Clack, H.: Mercury capture within coal-fired power plant electrostatic precipitators: model evaluation, Environ. Sci. Technol., 43, 1460-1466, 2009.
6. Galbreath, K. C. and Zygarlicke, C. J.: Mercury transformations in coal combustion flue gas, Fuel Process. Technol., 65-66, 289-310, 2000.
7. Ito, S., Yokoyama, T., and Asakura, K.: Emissions of mercury and other trace elements from coal-fired power plants in Japan, Sci. Total Environ., 368, 397-402, 2006.
8. Lee, C. W., Serre, S. D., Zhao, Y., Lee, S. J., and Hastings, T. W.: Mercury oxidation promoted by a selective catalytic reduction catalyst under simulated powder river basin coal combustion conditions, J. Air Waste Manage., 58, 484-493, 2008.
9. Lee, S. J., Seo, Y. C., Jang, H. N., Park, K. S., Baek, J. I., An, H. S., and Song, K. C.: Speciation and mass distribution of mercury in a bituminous coal-fired power plant, Atmos. Environ., 40, 2215-2224, 2006.
10. Liu, S., Yan, N., Liu, Z., and Qu, Z.: Using bromine gas to enhance mercury removal from flue gas of coal-fired power plants, Environ. Sci. Technol., 41(4), 1405-1412, 2007.
11. Meij, R., Vredendregt, L. H. J., and Winkel, H.: The fate and behavior of mercury in coal-fired power plants, J. Air Waste Manage., 52, 912-917, 2002.
12. Meij, R. and Winkel, H.: Mercury emissions from coal-fired power stations: The current state of the art in the Netherlands, Sci. Total Environ., 368(1), 393-396, 2006.
13. Niksa S, and Fujiwara N: Predicting complete Hg speciation along coal-fired utility exhaust systems, in: EPRI-DOE-EPA-A&WMA combined utility air pollution control symposium: the MEGA symposium, paper no. 45. Washington DC, USA, 2004.
14. Pacyna, E. G., Pacyna, J. M., Steenhuisen, F., and Wilson, S.: Global anthropogenic mercury emission inventory for 2000, At-mos. Environ., 40(22), 4048-4063, 2006.
15. Park, K. S., Seo, Y. C., Lee, S. J., and Lee, J.: Emission and specia-tion of mercury from various combustion sources, Powder Tech-nol., 180, 151-156, 2008.
16. Pavlish, J. H., Sondreal, E. A., Mann, M. D., Olson, E. S., Gal-breath, K. C., Laudal, D. L., and Benson, S. A.: Status review of mercury control options for coal-fired power plants, Fuel Process. Technol., 82(2-3), 89-165, 2003.
17. Pirrone, N., Cinnirella, S., Feng, X., Finkelman, R. B., Friedli, H. R., Leaner, J., Mason, R., Mukherjee, A. B., Stracher, G., Streets, D. G., and Telmer, K.: Global Mercury Emissions to the Atmosphere from Natural and Anthropogenic Sources, in: Mercury Fate and Transport in the Global Atmosphere: Emissions, Measurements and Models, edited by: Mason, R. and Pirrone, N., Springer USA, 1-47, doi:10.1007/978-0-387-93958-2, 2009.
18. Ren, D., Zhao, F., Dai, S., Zhang, J., and Luo, K.: Geochemistry of Trace Elements in Coal, (in Chinese), Science Press, Beijing, China, 2006.
19. Srivastava, R. K., Hutson N., Martin B., Princiotta F., and Staudt, J.: Control of mercury emissions from coal-fired electric utility boilers: an overview of the status of mercury control technologies, Environ. Sci. Technol., 40(5), 1385-1393, doi:10.1021/es062639u, 2006.
20. Streets, D. G., Hao, J., Wu, Y., Jiang, J., Chan, M., Tian, H., and Feng, X.: Anthropogenic mercury emissions in China, Atmos. Environ., 40(39), 7789-7806, 2005.
21. Streets, D. G., Zhang, Q., and Wu, Y.: Projections of global mercury emissions in 2050, Environ. Sci. Technol., 43(8), 2983-2988, 2009.
22. Tang, S., Feng, X., Qiu, J., Yin, G., and Yang, Z.: Mercury speciation and emissions from coal combustion in Guiyang, Southwest China, Environ. Res., 105(2), 175-182, 2007.
23. US EPA: Mercury study report to congress, vol.VIII, EPA-452/R-97-010, US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, USA, 1997.
24. US EPA: Control of mercury emissions from coal-fired electric utility boilers, EPA-600/R-01-109, US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, USA, 2002a.
25. US Environmental Protection Agency: ICR data, online available at: http://www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/combust/utiltox/icrdata.xls, 2002b.
26. US Geological Survey (USGS): Mercury content in coal mines in China, unpublished data, 2004.
27. Wu, Y., Wang, S., Streets, D. G., Hao, J., Chan, M., and Jiang, J.: Trends in anthropogenic mercury emissions in china from 1995 to 2003, Environ. Sci. Technol., 40(17), 5312-5318, 2006.
28. Wu, Y., Streets, D. G., Wang, S., and Hao, J.: Uncertainties in estimating mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants in China, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 9, 23565-23588, 2009, http://www.atmos-chem-phys-discuss.net/9/ 23565/2009/.
29. Yang, X., Duan, Y., Jiang, Y., and Yang, L.: Research on mercury form distribution in flue gas and fly ash of coal-fired boiler, (in Chinese with abstract in English), Coal Sci. Technol., 35(12), 55-58, 2007.
30. Yokoyama, T., Kazuo, U., Matsuda, A. H., Ito, S., and Noda, N.: Mercury emissions from a coal-fired power plant in Japan, Sci. Total Environ., 259, 97-103, 2000.
31. Zhang, L., Zhuo, Y., Chen, L., Xu, X., and Chen, C.: Mercury emissions from six coal-fired power plants in China, Fuel Process. Technol., 89(11), 1033-1040, 2008.
32. Zhao, Y., Wang, S., Duan, L., Lei, Y., Cao, P., and Hao, J.: Primary air pollutant emissions of coal-fired power plants in China: current status and future prediction, Atmos. Environ., 42(36), 8442-8452, 2008.
33. Zheng, L., Liu, G., Qi, C., Chen, Y., and Zhang, Y.: Study on environmental geochemistry of mercury in Chinese coals, J. Univ. Sci. Technol. B., 37(8), 953-963, 2007a.
34. Zheng, L., Liu, G., and Zhou, C.: The distribution, occurrence and environmental effect of mercury in Chinese coals, Sci. Total Environ., 384, 374-383, 2007b.