Method and apparatus for controlling the flow rate of mercury in a flow system

Title: Method and apparatus for controlling the flow rate of mercury in a flow system

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A method for increasing the mercury flow rate to a photochemical mercury enrichment utilizing an entrainment system comprises the steps of passing a carrier gas over a pool of mercury maintained at a first temperature T1, wherein the carrier gas entrains mercury vapor; passing said mercury vapor entrained carrier gas to a second temperature zone T2 having temperature less than T1 to condense said entrained mercury vapor, thereby producing a saturated Hg condition in the carrier gas; and passing said saturated Hg carrier gas to said photochemical enrichment reactor.

Inventors:

Grossman, Mark W ^[1]; Speer, Richard ^[2]

Belmont, MA
Reading, MA

Issue Date:: 1991-01-01

Research Org.:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA

OSTI Identifier:: 867662

Patent Number(s):: 4981565

Assignee:: GTE Products Corporation (Danvers, MA)

DOE Contract Number:: AC03-76SF00098

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: method; apparatus; controlling; flow; rate; mercury; increasing; photochemical; enrichment; utilizing; entrainment; comprises; steps; passing; carrier; gas; pool; maintained; temperature; t1; entrains; vapor; entrained; zone; t2; condense; producing; saturated; hg; condition; reactor; mercury enrichment; carrier gas; flow rate; temperature zone; mercury vapor; photochemical mercury; photochemical enrichment; enrichment reactor; gas entrains; /204/422/

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