Overview
- Provides a detailed introduction to coal-fired flue gas mercury emission control methods
- Demonstrates mechanisms of mercury speciation conversion and transfer in coal-fired flue gas, which can be very useful in selecting the appropriate mercury emission control method
- Lab-scale, pilot-scale and full-scale experimental studies on sorbent injection conducted by the authors are presented systematically
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Energy and Environment Research in China (EERC)
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Mercury (Hg) is one of the most toxic heavy metals, harmful to both the environment and human health. Hg is released into the atmosphere from natural and anthropogenic sources and its emission control has caused much concern. This book introduces readers to Hg pollution from natural and anthropogenic sources and systematically describes coal-fired flue gas mercury emission control in industry, especially from coal-fired power stations. Mercury emission control theory and experimental research are demonstrated, including how elemental mercury is oxidized into oxidized mercury and the effect of flue gas contents on the mercury speciation transformation process. Mercury emission control methods, such as existing APCDs (air pollution control devices) at power stations, sorbent injection, additives in coal combustion and photo-catalytic methods are introduced in detail. Lab-scale, pilot-scale and full-scale experimental studies of sorbent injection conducted by the authors are presentedsystematically, helping researchers and engineers to understand how this approach reduces the mercury emissions in flue gas and to apply the methods in mercury emission control at coal-fired power stations. Readers will arrive at a comprehensive understanding of various mercury emission control methods that are suitable for industrial applications.
The book is intended for scientists, researchers, engineers and graduate students in the fields of energy science and technology, environmental science and technology and chemical engineering.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Coal Fired Flue Gas Mercury Emission Controls
Authors: Jiang Wu, Yan Cao, Weiguo Pan, Weiping Pan
Series Title: Energy and Environment Research in China
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46347-5
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)
Copyright Information: Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press, Shanghai and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-662-46346-8Published: 30 March 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-52474-9Published: 09 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-46347-5Published: 17 March 2015
Series ISSN: 2197-0238
Series E-ISSN: 2197-0246
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 157
Number of Illustrations: 57 b/w illustrations, 15 illustrations in colour
Additional Information: Jointly published with Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press, Shanghai, China
Topics: Energy Efficiency, Industrial Pollution Prevention, Environmental Science and Engineering, Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering, Environmental Chemistry