Issue 26, 2022, Issue in Progress

Kinetic mechanism on elemental mercury adsorption by brominated petroleum coke in simulated flue gas

Abstract

A waste byproduct of petroleum coke was obtained as a precursor modified with bromine for elemental mercury capture from simulated flue gas on a bench scale fixed-bed reactor. The reaction temperature, the initial inlet elemental mercury concentration and the individual flue gas components of O2, NO, SO2 and HCl were determined to explore their influence on elemental mercury capture by the brominated petroleum coke. Results indicate that high initial inlet mercury concentration can enhance initial mercury accumulation and the optimal temperature for elemental mercury capture by brominated petroleum coke is about 150 °C. Kinetic models reveal that the pseudo-second order and Elovich models are best fitted to the mercury adsorption process, indicating that chemisorption is the control step with the intra-particle diffusion and external mass transfer taking place simultaneously. The kinetic parameters demonstrate that the initial mercury adsorption rate (h or a) and the equilibrium adsorption quantity (Qe) increase remarkably, when higher concentrations of O2 or NO exist in N2 atmosphere. On the contrary, Qe decreases with the presence of high SO2 or HCl, which indicates a two-sided effect on the performance of mercury adsorption owing to their concentrations.

Graphical abstract: Kinetic mechanism on elemental mercury adsorption by brominated petroleum coke in simulated flue gas

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
10 Apr 2022
Accepted
26 May 2022
First published
01 Jun 2022
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2022,12, 16386-16395

Kinetic mechanism on elemental mercury adsorption by brominated petroleum coke in simulated flue gas

Y. Xiao, L. Tian and X. Liu, RSC Adv., 2022, 12, 16386 DOI: 10.1039/D2RA02318K

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