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Methods of manufacturing mercury sorbents and removing mercury from a gas stream

US8480791B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

BASF SE

Inventors

Xiaolin Yang · Edison, US
David Stockwell · Middlesex, US
Pascaline Tran · Holmdel, US
Lawrence Shore · Jerusalem, IL

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 31, 2010
Grant date	Jul 9, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 10, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S95/90
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Sorbents for removal of mercury and other pollutants from gas streams, such as a flue gas stream from coal-fired utility plants, and methods for their manufacture and use are disclosed. The methods include injecting a sorbent consisting essentially of recovered and separated fluid cracking catalyst particles into a flue gas stream.

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