Catalytic regeneration of mercury sorbents

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 262, Issue , 2013, Pages 642-648

  Bentley, Mark ^a   Fan, Maohong ^a   Dutcher, Bryce ^a   Tang, Mingchen ^a   Argyle, Morris D ^b   Russell, Armistead G ^c   Zhang, Yulong ^d   Sharma, M P ^a   Swapp, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b Brigham Young University   (United States)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^d WESTERN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalytic regeneration; HgCl2 decomposition; Mercury removal

Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC REGENERATIONS; ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; HENRY'S LAW; KINETIC ANALYSIS; MERCURY REMOVAL; XPS ANALYSIS; XRD;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATION ENERGY; DESORPTION; MERCURY (METAL); RATE CONSTANTS;

SORBENTS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; FERROUS CHLORIDE; MERCURY; MERCURY CHLORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; CARBON; CHLORIDE; FERRIC CHLORIDE; FERRIC ION; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; POLLUTANT;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CARBON; CATALYSIS; CHLORIDE; DECOMPOSITION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REGENERATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SORPTION;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYTIC REGENERATION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANK REACTOR; DECOMPOSITION; DESORPTION; FLUE GAS; ISOTHERM; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SOLID STATE; THERMOSTABILITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ADSORPTION; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; POLLUTANT; PROCEDURES; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ADSORPTION; CARBON; CATALYSIS; CHLORIDES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; KINETICS; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; RECYCLING; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84885341254     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2013.09.021     Document Type: Article

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