Citation: WANG Hua-sheng, REN Yan-jun, DENG Shuang, HUANG Jia-yu, GUO Feng-yan, TIAN Gang. Removal of Hg⁰ from simulated coal-fired flue gas by using activated spent FCC catalysts[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, ;2020, 48(12): 1466-1475. shu

Removal of Hg⁰ from simulated coal-fired flue gas by using activated spent FCC catalysts

WANG Hua-sheng ^1,2,3 ,
REN Yan-jun ^1,4 ,
DENG Shuang ^1,4,, ,
HUANG Jia-yu ¹ ,
GUO Feng-yan ¹ ,
TIAN Gang ¹

1.
Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
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Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
4.
State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Beijing 100012, China

Corresponding author: DENG Shuang, dengshuang@craes.org.cn
Received Date: 2 September 2020
Revised Date: 20 October 2020

Fund Project: The project was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2018YFB0605101) and the Ministry of Science and Technology of Chinathe National Key Research and Development Program of China 2018YFB0605101

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The spent fluid catalytic cracking (SFCC) catalysts were activated by an "internal instant vaporization (ⅡV)" method and used in the removal of Hg⁰ from a simulated flue gas in a fixed bed reactor; the effect of various operation parameters such as the SFCC activation conditions, adsorption temperature, and flue gas components on the Hg⁰ removal efficiency was investigated. The results indicate that the SFCC catalyst activated with methanol or ethanol performs adequately in terms of Hg⁰ removal, whilst the calcination temperature also has a great influence on the activation of the SFCC catalyst. O₂ in the flue gas favors the Hg⁰ removal, whilst NO facilitates the oxidation of mercury and displays a positive effect on the mercury removal in the presence of O₂, accompanying with the formation of N-containing active species on the activated SFCC catalyst surface. SO₂ in the flue gas, depending on its concentration, may exert the effect of catalytic adsorption or competitive adsorption on the Hg⁰ removal. Approximately 100% Hg⁰ can be removed in the stream of 6% O₂, 12% CO₂ and 0.06% NO at 120 ℃ by using the activated SFCC catalyst with ethanol as an organic solvent and calcined at 120 ℃, suggesting that the spent FCC catalysts after activation can be a potential adsorbent for the removal of Hg⁰ from the coal-fired flue gas.
- spent FCC catalyst,
- activation,
- gaseous elemental mercury,
- coal-fired flue gas
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