A review on mercury in coal combustion process: Content and occurrence forms in coal, transformation, sampling methods, emission and control technologies

S Zhao, D Pudasainee, Y Duan, R Gupta, M Liu… - Progress in Energy and …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Mercury, as a global pollutant, has raised worldwide concern due to its high toxicity, long-
distance transport, persistence, and bioaccumulation in the environment. Coal-fired power …

Sources, toxicity, and remediation of mercury: an essence review

D Raj, SK Maiti - Environmental monitoring and assessment, 2019‏ - Springer
Mercury (Hg) is a pollutant that poses a global threat, and it was listed as one of the ten
leading 'chemicals of concern'by the World Health Organization in 2017. The review aims to …

Improved anthropogenic mercury emission inventories for China from 1980 to 2020: Toward more accurate effectiveness evaluation for the Minamata convention

Y Zhang, L Zhang, S Cao, X Liu, J **… - … Science & Technology, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Anthropogenic mercury (Hg) emission inventories are crucial for the effectiveness evaluation
of the Minamata Convention on Mercury. In this study, we developed an integrated Dynamic …

Chemical speciation and leaching characteristics of hazardous trace elements in coal and fly ash from coal-fired power plants

S Zhao, Y Duan, J Lu, R Gupta, D Pudasainee, S Liu… - Fuel, 2018‏ - Elsevier
This work reports the chemical speciation and leaching characteristics of seven hazardous
trace elements (HTEs, including Hg, As, Cr, Cd, Ba, Mn, and Pb) in the coal and fly ash …

Catalytic oxidation of Hg0 over Mn-doped CeO2-ZrO2 solid solution and MnOx/CeO2-ZrO2 supported catalysts: Characterization, catalytic activity and SO2 resistance

Z Zhou, L Liu, X Liu, Y Zhou, C Wang, J Xu, G Chang… - Fuel, 2022‏ - Elsevier
MnOx-based oxides have been recognized as efficient catalysts for elemental mercury (Hg
0) oxidation at low temperature from flue gas. CeO 2 or CeO 2-ZrO 2 solid solution can …

Emission of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) during coal combustion at different heating rates

J Cheng, Y Zhang, T Wang, H Xu, P Norris, WP Pan - Fuel, 2018‏ - Elsevier
The emission of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) during coal combustion at different
heating rates in a power plant boiler, a drop tube furnace and a TGA reactor was studied. TD …

Mercury removal performance of brominated biomass activated carbon injection in simulated and coal-fired flue gas

W Zhao, X Geng, J Lu, Y Duan, S Liu, P Hu, Y Xu… - Fuel, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Brominated biomass activated carbon, with impactful gaseous mercury removal
performance, has become a novel cost-effective and environment friendly alternative …

Effect of C-Cl functional groups on adsorption and desorption of elemental mercury over an ordered mesoporous carbon modified with C-Cl functional groups

B Li, J Zhou, H Liu, L Zhou, Z Liu, T Wang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Wet desorption presents an environmentally sustainable approach for the disposal of
deactivated elemental mercury (Hg 0) removal adsorbents. However, the prevalence of …

Mitigation options of atmospheric Hg emissions in China

Q Wu, G Li, S Wang, K Liu, J Hao - Environmental science & …, 2018‏ - ACS Publications
As the Minamata Convention on Mercury comes into effect, controlling atmospheric mercury
(Hg) emissions has become a compulsory goal. This study determined the mitigation options …

Emission characteristic and transformation mechanism of hazardous trace elements in a coal-fired power plant

S Zhao, Y Duan, Y Li, M Liu, J Lu, Y Ding, X Gu, J Tao… - Fuel, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Coal-fired power plant is considered to be main anthropogenic emitter for emission of
hazardous trace elements (HTEs), which can cause great damage on environment and …