Redox method for capture of total gaseous mercury by wet FGD
US8092766B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 15, 2010 |
| Grant date | Jan 10, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 6, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01D2257/602
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method for capturing gaseous elemental mercury in a flue gas wherein a soluble mercury oxidizer is utilized to oxidize gaseous elemental mercury at a gas-liquid interface of a wet scrubber, and oxidized mercury product is removed prior to re-emission.
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