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<p>Several mineralogically, chemically and texturally diverse minerals and waste materials were selected for the testing of elemental mercury capture in exhaust gas, namely tyre char resulting from the burning of pyrolytic rubber tyres, class C fly ash, mesoporous material type MCM-41 and glauconite. Each material’s mineralogical, chemical and textural characteristics were explored. In order to conduct experiments in conditions similar to those during the contact of sorbent with real coal exhaust fumes at a temperature of about 110-120°C, the experiments were carried out using a test device consisting of a furnace for burning powdered coals, a thermostatic cage for sorbent reactors and mercury gas analysers, which are able to measure and compare the effects of individual sorbents with exhaust gas. The study found that the best results for mercury sorption in the exhaust atmosphere were obtained for class C ash resulting from brown coal combustion.</p>
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Several mineralogically, chemically and texturally diverse minerals and waste materials were selected for the testing of elemental mercury capture in exhaust gas, namely tyre char resulting from the burning of pyrolytic rubber tyres, class C fly ash, mesoporous material type MCM-41 and glauconite. Each material’s mineralogical, chemical and textural characteristics were explored. In order to conduct experiments in conditions similar to those during the contact of sorbent with real coal exhaust fumes at a temperature of about 110-120°C, the experiments were carried out using a test device consisting of a furnace for burning powdered coals, a thermostatic cage for sorbent reactors and mercury gas analysers, which are able to measure and compare the effects of individual sorbents with exhaust gas. The study found that the best results for mercury sorption in the exhaust atmosphere were obtained for class C ash resulting from brown coal combustion.

Analysis of selected mineral and waste sorbents for the capture of elemental mercury from exhaust gases

Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute

Mineralogia

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Several mineralogically, chemically and texturally diverse minerals and waste materials were selected for the testing of elemental mercury capture in exhaust...

Analysis of selected mineral and waste sorbents for the capture of elemental mercury from exhaust gases

Published Online: Oct 31, 2020

Page range: 17 - 35

Received: Oct 12, 2019

Accepted: Jul 06, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mipo-2020-0003

Keywords
mercury capture, exhaust gas, minerals, waste products

© 2020 Magdalena Wdowin et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Analysis of selected mineral and waste sorbents for the capture of elemental mercury from exhaust gases

Published Online: Oct 31, 2020

Page range: 17 - 35

Received: Oct 12, 2019

Accepted: Jul 06, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mipo-2020-0003

Keywordsmercury capture, exhaust gas, minerals, waste products

© 2020 Magdalena Wdowin et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
mercury capture, exhaust gas, minerals, waste products