Application and Efficiency Verification of Classical and Unconvetional Sorbents which Serve for Capture of Heavy Metals during Coal Combustion in Experimental Fluid Device

Abstract

The publication is engaged in the issue of individual sorbents efficiency during the sorption of heavy metals contained in the burnt gases from the brown coal. Used sorbents for experiments are active coal and semi coke created by pyrolysis process. The process of heavy metals sorption was tested at the vertical laboratory equipment that consists of the two fluid layers that are arranged serially. Within the actual issue in the area of emission limits, the research has been focused on arsenic and mercury sorption. The obtained samples were analysed at the laboratory and consequently, their efficiency was evaluated. The aim of the article is to find out a suitable methodologies and respective alternative materials to be used within the industrial production.