A review on modification methods of adsorbents for elemental mercury from flue gas

W Xu, A Hussain, Y Liu - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2018 - Elsevier
This review comprehensively discusses the recent development of modification methods of
adsorbents for elemental mercury (Hg 0) from flue gas. Various modification methods …

Advance in using plasma technology for modification or fabrication of carbon‐based materials and their applications in environmental, material, and energy fields

X Sun, J Bao, K Li, MD Argyle, G Tan… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Plasma technology is an eco‐friendly way to modify or fabricate carbon‐based materials
(CBMs) due to plasmas' distinctive abilities in tuning the surface physicochemical properties …

Porous activated carbons derived from waste sugarcane bagasse for CO2 adsorption

Y Guo, C Tan, J Sun, W Li, J Zhang, C Zhao - Chemical engineering journal, 2020 - Elsevier
Business cost concern of solid CO 2 adsorbents has motivated the production of porous
activated carbons from waste biomass materials. In this work, porous activated carbons were …

Mercury removal by magnetic biochar derived from simultaneous activation and magnetization of sawdust

J Yang, Y Zhao, S Ma, B Zhu, J Zhang… - … Science & Technology, 2016 - ACS Publications
Novel magnetic biochars (MBC) were prepared by one-step pyrolysis of FeCl3-laden
biomass and employed for Hg0 removal in simulated combustion flue gas. The sample …

Enhanced adsorption of gaseous mercury on activated carbon by a novel clean modification method

Z Dou, Y Wang, Y Liu, Y Zhao, R Huang - Separation and Purification …, 2023 - Elsevier
Activated carbon is the most widely used gaseous mercury adsorbent. However, lack of
active sites on its surface leads to its poor mercury adsorption ability. Various modification …

Rapid removal of triazine pesticides by P doped biochar and the adsorption mechanism

F Suo, X You, Y Ma, Y Li - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
Biochar is an adsorbent widely used to remove contaminants from polluted water. A series of
biochar from corn straw, corncob and corn starch was prepared through one-step pyrolysis …

Adsorption of elemental mercury in flue gas using biomass porous carbons modified by microwave/hydrogen peroxide

Y Li, Y Liu, W Yang, L Liu, J Pan - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
In order to enhance the mercury adsorption capacity of bio-char and reduce the potential
environmental damage caused by modification methods, a clean modification method …

Importance of oxidation reactions in creating pores in physical activation of biomasses

C Li, Q Li, Y Jiang, Y Shao, G Gao, S Zhang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Carbonization plus activation of resulting biochar is a commonly used method for producing
activated carbon (AC) from biomass. Nevertheless, carbonization produces biochar of highly …

Removal of gaseous Hg0 using biomass porous carbons modified by an environmental-friendly photochemical technique

Y Li, Y Wang, Z Dou, Y Liu - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Biomass porous carbon is considered as a potential substitute to activated carbon for
sorption removal of gaseous Hg 0 due to renewable raw materials and wide sources …

Mercury removal from coal combustion flue gas by mechanochemically sulfur modified straw coke and its mercury stability

S Zhao, K Sun, P **e, S Zhang, J Zhang, Y Zhu, Z Sun - Fuel, 2024 - Elsevier
This work uses widely sourced rice straw as raw material, sulfur containing substances as
modifiers, and mechanochemistry as modification methods to prepare the mechanochemical …