Abstract
To understand the mercury speciation and mass flow in a full-scale bituminous coal-fired power plant equipped with a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) unit, an electrostatic precipitator (ESP), and a seawater flue gas desulfurization (SWFGD) scrubber, the evolution and emission of mercury was systematically measured and analyzed. The results showed that the elemental mercury (Hg0) was oxidized mainly through heterogeneous oxidation, especially in SCR, which transformed 57–64% of elemental mercury (Hg0) to oxidized mercury (Hg2+). It changed the concentrations of different mercury species and then increased the Hg2+ removal efficiencies of SWFGD, which ranged from 67 to 82%. A total of 8.24–11.54% of mercury was adsorbed by fly ash to form particulate-bound mercury (HgP) and subsequently removed by the ESP. Mass flow and mass distribution of mercury indicated that most mercury was removed and retained in the SWFGD. The heterogeneous oxidation of Hg0 in SCR and then absorption of Hg2+ by SWFGD significant...
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