Kinetics of mercury oxidation in the presence of hydrochloric acid and oxygen over a commercial SCR catalyst

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 220, Issue , 2013, Pages 53-60

  Gao, Wei ^a,b   Liu, Qingcai ^a   Wu, Chang Yu ^b   Li, Hailong ^b,c,d   Li, Ying ^e   Yang, Jian ^a   Wu, Guofang ^a  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^c HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e University of Wisconsin Milwaukee   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparent activation energy; Hydrogen chloride; Kinetics; Mercury

Indexed keywords

APPARENT ACTIVATION ENERGY; ELEY-RIDEAL MECHANISM; FIRST ORDER; FIXED-BED REACTORS; HYDROGEN CHLORIDE; KINETIC MODELS; MERCURY OXIDATIONS; OXIDATION EFFICIENCY; OXIDIZED MERCURY; RATE-LIMITING STEPS; SCR CATALYSTS;

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ENZYME KINETICS; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; KINETIC THEORY; KINETICS; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; REACTION INTERMEDIATES; REACTION RATES;

OXIDATION;

EID: 84873687369     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.01.062     Document Type: Article

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