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Pollutant emission control sorbents and methods of manufacture and use

US8728974B2 · kind B2 · utility

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8Claims

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Assignee

BASF SE

Inventors

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

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 3, 2012
Grant date	May 20, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 3, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB01D2257/602
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. Embodiments include brominated sorbent substrate particles having a carbon content of less than about 10%. Other embodiments include one or more oxidatively active halides of a nonoxidative metal dispersed on sorbent substrate particles mixed with activated carbon in an amount up to 30% by weight.

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