Effects of existing energy saving and air pollution control devices on mercury removal in coal-fired power plants

Fuel Processing Technology

Volumn 131, Issue , 2015, Pages 99-108

  Zhou, Zi Jian ^a   Liu, Xiao Wei ^a,c   Zhao, Bo ^a   Chen, Zhen Guo ^a   Shao, Hai Zhong ^a   Wang, Le Le ^b   Xu, Ming Hou ^a,c  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b XI AN THERMAL POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO   (China)

^c NONE   (China)

Author keywords

Coal fired power plants; ESP; Load variation; Low temperature economizer; Mercury removal; SCR catalyst

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT; CATALYSTS; COAL; COAL FIRED BOILERS; COAL FUELED FURNACES; ECONOMIZERS; ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FLY ASH; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; MERCURY (METAL); POLLUTION CONTROL; SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; ESP; LOAD VARIATIONS; LOW TEMPERATURES; MERCURY REMOVAL; SCR CATALYSTS;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;

EID: 84923381979     PISSN: 03783820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2014.11.014     Document Type: Article

References (57)

1. 2 catalysts Environmental Science & Technology 43 2009 1522 1527
2. C. You, and X. Xu Coal combustion and its pollution control in China Energy 35 2010 4467 4472
3. H. Tian, Y. Wang, Z. Xue, Y. Qu, F. Chai, and J. Hao Atmospheric emissions estimation of Hg, As, and Se from coal-fired power plants in China, 2007 Science of the Total Environment 409 2011 3078 3081
4. AMAP/UNEP Technical Background Report for the Global Mercury Assessment 2013 Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme, Oslo, Norway/UNEP Chemicals Branch Geneva, Switzerland 2013
5. x/alumina Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 48 2009 3317 3322
6. Y. Gao, Z. Zhang, J. Wu, L. Duan, A. Umar, L. Sun, Z. Guo, and Q. Wang A critical review on the heterogeneous catalytic conversion of elemental mercury in flue gases Environmental Science & Technology 47 2013 10813 10823
7. S.J. Lee, Y.C. Seo, H.N. Jang, K.S. Park, J.I. Baek, H.S. An, and K.C. Song Speciation and mass distribution of mercury in a bituminous coal-fired power plant Atmospheric Environment 40 2006 2215 2224
8. Y. Wang, Y. Duan, L. Yang, C. Zhao, X. Shen, M. Zhang, Y. Zhuo, and C. Chen Experimental study on mercury transformation and removal in coal-fired boiler flue gases Fuel Processing Technology 90 2009 643 651
9. H. Gutberlet, A. Schluten, and A. Lienta SCR impacts on mercury emissions on coal-fired boilers Presented at EPRI Workshop, Memphis, TN, April 2002
10. A.A. Presto, and E.J. Granite Survey of catalysts for conversion of mercury in flue gas Environmental Science & Technology 40 2006 5601 5609
11. T.J. Feeley III, L.A. Brickett, B.A. O'palko, and J.T. Murphy Field testing of mercury control technologies for coal-fired power plants DOE/NETL Mercury R&D Program Review 2005
12. C.L. Senior, and S.A. Johnson Impact of carbon-in-ash on mercury removal across particulate control devices in coal-fired power plants Energy & Fuels 19 2005 859 863
13. J.H. Pavlish, E.A. Sondreal, M.D. Mann, E.S. Olson, K.C. Galbreath, D.L. Laudal, and S.A. Benson Status review of mercury control options for coal-fired power plants Fuel Processing Technology 82 2003 89 165
14. G.E. Dunham, R.A. DeWall, and C.L. Senior Fixed-bed studies of the interactions between mercury and coal combustion fly ash Fuel Processing Technology 82 2003 197 213
15. Y. Lu, M. Rostam-Abadi, R. Chang, C. Richardson, and J. Paradis Characteristics of fly ashes from full-scale coal-fired power plants and their relationship to mercury adsorption Energy & Fuels 21 2007 2112 2120
16. P. Chu, N. Goodman, G. Behrens, and R. Roberson Total and speciated mercury emissions from US coal-fired power plants Proceedings of the Air Quality II: Mercury, Trace Elements, and Particulate Matter Conference 2000 19 21
17. S. Niksa, and N. Fujiwara A predictive mechanism for mercury conversion on selective catalytic reduction catalysts under coal-derived flue gas Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association 55 2005 1866 1875
18. x emission control conditions Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association 54 2004 1560 1566
19. C. Senior, and T. Linjewile Conversion of mercury across SCR catalysts in coal-fired power plants burning low rank fuels 2003 National Energy Technology Laboratory (US)
20. x catalysts Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology 40 2012 241 246
21. M. Rallo, B. Heidel, K. Brechtel, and M.M. Maroto-Valer Effect of SCR operation variables on mercury speciation Chemical Engineering Journal 198 2012 87 94
22. 2 catalyst for conversion of gaseous elemental mercury in simulated coal-fired flue gas Catalysis Today 175 2011 189 195
23. Y. Cao, Z. Gao, J. Zhu, Q. Wang, Y. Huang, C. Chiu, B. Parker, P. Chu, and W. Pan Impacts of halogen additions on mercury conversion, in a slipstream selective catalyst reduction (SCR), reactor when burning sub-bituminous coal Environmental Science & Technology 42 2007 256 261
24. T. Machalek, M. Ramavajjala, M. Richardson, C. Richardson, C. Dene, B. Goeckner, H. Anderson, and E. Morris Pilot evaluation of flue gas mercury reactions across an SCR unit Department of Energy-Electric Power Plant Research Institutes U. S. Environmental Protection AgencysAir and Waste Management Association Combined Power Plant Air Pollution Control Symposium 2003 19 22
25. J.Q. Sun, C.R. Crocker, and C.M. Lillemoen The effect of coal combustion flue gas components on low-level chlorine speciation using EPA method 26A Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association 50 2000 936 940
26. K. Liu, Y. Gao, J.T. Riley, W.-P. Pan, A.K. Mehta, K.K. Ho, and S.R. Smith An investigation of mercury emission from FBC systems fired with high-chlorine coals Energy & Fuels 15 2001 1173 1180
27. S. Niksa, and N. Fujiwara Estimating Hg emissions from coal-fired power stations in China Fuel 88 2009 214 217
28. D. Pudasainee, S.J. Lee, S.H. Lee, J.H. Kim, H.N. Jang, S.J. Cho, and Y.C. Seo Effect of selective catalytic reactor on conversion and enhanced removal of mercury in coal-fired power plants Fuel 89 2010 804 809
29. 2 commercial SCR catalyst Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 47 2008 8136 8141
30. 2 and HCl in fluidized bed combustors Fuel 78 1999 1425 1436
31. Y. Cao, B. Chen, J. Wu, H. Cui, J. Smith, C.K. Chen, P. Chu, and W.P. Pan Study of mercury conversion by a selective catalytic reduction catalyst in a pilot-scale slipstream reactor at a utility boiler burning bituminous coal Energy & Fuels 21 2007 145 156
32. Y. Eom, S.H. Jeon, T.A. Ngo, J. Kim, and T.G. Lee Heterogeneous mercury reaction on a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst Catalysis Letters 121 2008 219 225
33. B.A. Dranga, L. Lazar, and H. Koeser Oxidation catalysts for elemental mercury in flue gases-A review Catalysts 2 2012 139 170
34. P. Chu, D. Laudal, L. Brickett, and C. Lee Power plant evaluation of the effect of SCR technology on mercury Joint EPRI DOE EPA Combined Utility Air Pollution Control Symposium, The Mega Symposium, Washington, DC 2003
35. E.S. Olson, C.R. Crocker, S.A. Benson, J.H. Pavlish, and M.J. Holmes Surface compositions of carbon sorbents exposed to simulated low-rank coal flue gases Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association 55 2005 747 754
36. S. Niksa, and N. Fujiwara Predicting mercury speciation in coal-derived flue gases 2003 EPRI-DOE-EPA-A & WMA Combined Utility Air Pollution Control
37. P. Schager, B. Hall, and O. Lindqvist Retention of gaseous mercury on fly ashes Second International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, Monterey, CA 1992
38. E. Olson, S. Miller, R. Sharma, G. Dunham, and S. Benson Catalytic effects of carbon sorbents for mercury capture Journal of Hazardous Materials 74 2000 61 79
39. x on polyacrylonitrile-based activated carbon fibres: 1. Catalytic activity of PAN-ACF heat-treated at 800 °C Fuel 76 1997 533 536
40. 2 adsorption Langmuir 10 1994 1241 1245
41. 2 for elemental mercury removal from coal combustion flue gas by activated carbon Energy & Fuels 22 2008 2284 2289
42. S.B. Ghorishi, and C.B. Sedman Low concentration mercury sorption mechanisms and control by calcium-based sorbents: application in coal-fired processes Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association 48 1998 1191 1198
43. H. Yang, Z. Xu, M. Fan, A.E. Bland, and R.R. Judkins Adsorbents for capturing mercury in coal-fired boiler flue gas Journal of Hazardous Materials 146 2007 1 11
44. B. Ghorishi, and B.K. Gullett Sorption of mercury species by activated carbons and calcium-based sorbents: effect of temperature, mercury concentration and acid gases Waste Management & Research 16 1998 582 593
45. S.D. Serre, and G.D. Silcox Adsorption of elemental mercury on the residual carbon in coal fly ash Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 39 2000 1723 1730
46. M.M. Maroto-Valer, Y. Zhang, E.J. Granite, Z. Tang, and H.W. Pennline Effect of porous structure and surface functionality on the mercury capacity of a fly ash carbon and its activated sample Fuel 84 2005 105 108
47. M. Baerns, H. Hofmann, and A. Renken Chemische reaktionstechnik 1987 Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart, New York
48. C.L. Senior Conversion of mercury across selective catalytic reduction catalysts in coal-fired power plants Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association 56 2006 23 31
49. K.C. Galbreath, and C.J. Zygarlicke Mercury speciation in coal combustion and gasification flue gases Environmental Science & Technology 30 1996 2421 2426
50. S. He, J. Zhou, Y. Zhu, Z. Luo, M. Ni, and K. Cen Mercury conversion over a vanadia-based selective catalytic reduction catalyst Energy & Fuels 23 2008 253 259
51. J.R. Strege, C.J. Zygarlicke, B.C. Folkedahl, and D.P. McCollor SCR deactivation in a full-scale cofired utility boiler Fuel 87 2008 1341 1347
52. H.U. Hartenstein, H. Gutberlet, and A. Licata Utility experience with SCR in Germany KWH c/o Licata Energy and Environmental Consultants, Inc., Yonkers, NY (US) 1999
53. T. Yokoyama, K. Asakura, H. Matsuda, S. Ito, and N. Noda Mercury emissions from a coal-fired power plant in Japan Science of the Total Environment 259 2000 97 103
54. J.W. Chan, and T.K. Tong Multi-criteria material selections and end-of-life product strategy: Grey relational analysis approach Materials & Design 28 2007 1539 1546
55. N. Tosun Determination of optimum parameters for multi-performance characteristics in drilling by using grey relational analysis The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 28 2006 450 455
56. C.Y. Ho, and Z.C. Lin Analysis and application of grey relation and ANOVA in chemical-mechanical polishing process parameters The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 21 2003 10 14
57. S.P. Lo The application of an ANFIS and grey system method in turning tool-failure detection The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 19 2002 564 572