Overview of mercury removal from flue gas using activated carbon

Author

Hidayu, A.R. ; Mohamad, N.F. ; Matali, S. ; Sharifah, A.S.A.K.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Chem. Eng., Univ. Teknol. MARA (UiTM), Shah Alam, Malaysia

fYear

2013

fDate

7-9 April 2013

Firstpage

69

Lastpage

72

Abstract

Mercury (Hg) is a pollutant of concern and dangerous to aquatic and human life. Therefore, mercury emissions from coal-fired power plant, cement manufacture, municipal waste incinerator and others industrial sources are controlled under environmental regulation. Coal-fired power plants are the largest anthropogenic sources that emitted mercury to environment. Mercury control technologies are the methods to reduce the mercury emissions but some of existing pollution abatement technologies are ineffective for the removal of vapor phase mercury. However, the system can be improved when an adsorbent is used. This paper aims to discuss the application of activated carbon as adsorbent in capturing mercury in flue gas and the influence parameters that affect mercury removal.

Keywords

activated carbon; adsorption; air pollution control; flue gases; industrial pollution; mercury (metal); C; Hg; activated carbon adsorbent; anthropogenic source; aquatic life; cement manufacture; coal-fired power plant; environmental regulation; flue gas; human life; industrial source; mercury capture; mercury control technology; mercury emission reduction; municipal waste incinerator; pollution abatement technology; vapor phase mercury removal; Adsorption; Carbon; Carbon dioxide; Chemicals; Mercury (metals); Production; activated carbon; environmental pollution; flue gas; mercury emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Business Engineering and Industrial Applications Colloquium (BEIAC), 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

Langkawi

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5967-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BEIAC.2013.6560218

Filename

6560218