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Title: OXIDATION OF MERCURY ACROSS SCR CATALYSTS IN COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS BURNING LOW RANK FUELS

Abstract

This is the seventh Quarterly Technical Report for DOE Cooperative Agreement No: DE-FC26-03NT41728. The objective of this program is to measure the oxidation of mercury in flue gas across SCR catalyst in a coal-fired power plant burning low rank fuels using a slipstream reactor containing multiple commercial catalysts in parallel. The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and Argillon GmbH are providing co-funding for this program. This program contains multiple tasks and good progress is being made on all fronts. During this quarter, a model of Hg oxidation across SCRs was formulated based on full-scale data. The model took into account the effects of temperature, space velocity, catalyst type and HCl concentration in the flue gas.

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Research Org.:
Reaction Engineering International (US)
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(US)
OSTI Identifier:
836732
DOE Contract Number:
FC26-03NT41728
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Technical Report
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Other Information: PBD: 29 Oct 2004
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT; CATALYSTS; FLUE GAS; MERCURY; OXIDATION; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION; COAL RANK

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Constance Senior. OXIDATION OF MERCURY ACROSS SCR CATALYSTS IN COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS BURNING LOW RANK FUELS. United States: N. p., 2004. Web. doi:10.2172/836732.
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Constance Senior. OXIDATION OF MERCURY ACROSS SCR CATALYSTS IN COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS BURNING LOW RANK FUELS. United States. doi:10.2172/836732.
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Constance Senior. Fri . "OXIDATION OF MERCURY ACROSS SCR CATALYSTS IN COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS BURNING LOW RANK FUELS". United States. doi:10.2172/836732. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/836732.
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year = {Fri Oct 29 00:00:00 EDT 2004},
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