Unusual speciation and retention of Hg at a coal-fired power plant

Cordoba, Patricia; Maroto-Valer, M.; Ayora, Carlos; Perry, Ron; Rallo, Manuela; Font, Oriol; Izquierdo, Maria; Querol, Xavier. 2012 Unusual speciation and retention of Hg at a coal-fired power plant. Environmental Science and Technology, 46 (14). 7890-7897. https://doi.org/10.1021/es301106x

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Abstract/Summary

An unusual and different speciation of Hg in the outgoing gaseous stream of the flue gas desulfurization (OUT-FGD) system was revealed at two Spanish power plants (PP1 and PP2) equipped with a forced oxidation wet FGD system with water recirculation to the scrubber. At PP1 and PP2, a high proportion of Hg escapes from the electrostatic precipitator in gaseous form, Hg2+ (75–86%) being the species that enters the FGD. At PP1 Hg0 (71%) was the prevalent Hg OUT-FGD species, whereas at PP2 Hg2+ was the prevalent Hg OUT-FGD species in 2007 (66%) and 2008 (87%). The unusual speciation of gaseous Hg OUT-FGD and the different Hg retentions between 2007 and 2008 at PP2 were attributable to the evaporation of HgCl2 particles from the aqueous phase of gypsum slurry in the OUT-FGD gas and the Al additive used at PP2, respectively. The Al additive induced the retention of Hg as HgS in the 2007 FGD gypsum, thus reducing gaseous emissions of Hg in the OUT-FGD gas.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1021/es301106x
Programmes:	BGS Programmes 2010 > Energy Science
Date made live:	19 Oct 2012 08:45 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/20056

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1021/es301106x

Programmes:

BGS Programmes 2010 > Energy Science

Date made live:

19 Oct 2012 08:45 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/20056