XANES study of elemental mercury oxidation over RuO2/TiO2 and selective catalytic reduction catalysts for mercury emissions control

Liu, Zhouyang; Li, Can; Sriram, Vishnu; Lee, Joo-Youp; Brewe, Dale

doi:10.1016/j.fuproc.2016.07.018

Title: XANES study of elemental mercury oxidation over RuO₂/TiO₂ and selective catalytic reduction catalysts for mercury emissions control

Journal Article · Mon Jul 25 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Fuel Processing Technology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuproc.2016.07.018· OSTI ID:1427551

Liu, Zhouyang ^[1]; Li, Can ^[1]; Sriram, Vishnu ^[1];

^[1]; Brewe, Dale ^[2]

Univ. of Cincinnati, OH (United States). Chemical Engineering Program, Dept. of Biomedical, Chemical, and Environmental Engineering
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS), X-ray Science Division

Linear combination fitting of the X-ray Absorption Near Edge Spectroscopy (XANES) was used to quantify oxidized mercury species over RuO₂/TiO₂ and Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) catalysts under different simulated flue gas conditions. Halogen gases play a major role in mercury oxidation. In the absence of halogen gas, elemental mercury can react with sulfur that is contained in both the RuO2/TiO2 and SCR catalysts to form HgS and HgSO₄. In the presence of HCl or HBr gas, HgCl₂ or HgBr₂ is the main oxidized mercury species. When both HCl and HBr gases are present, HgBr2 is the preferred oxidation product and no HgCl₂ can be found. The formation of HgO and HgS cannot be neglected with or without halogen gas. Other simulated flue gas components such as NO, NH₃, SO₂ and CO₂ do not have significant effect on oxidized mercury speciation when halogen gas is present.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities Division; National Science Foundation (NSF)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357; 1151017

OSTI ID:: 1427551

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1430542

Journal Information:: Fuel Processing Technology, Vol. 153, Issue C; ISSN 0378-3820

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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