Development of sorbents for mercury removal and recovery process from coal derived flue gas and fuel gas

2008 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 18310056
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Environmental technology/Environmental materials
• Research Institution: Okayama University
• Principal Investigator: SASAOKA Eiji Okayama University, 大学院・環境学研究科, 教授 (50033246)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): MOHAMATUDO Azuha Utude 岡山大学, 大学院・環境学研究科, 准教授 (00397902)
• Project Period (FY): 2006 – 2008
• Keywords: 環境保全技術 / 環境負荷低減技術

Research Abstract

現在、石炭や廃棄物の燃焼装置等から、金属水銀蒸気が大気中に放出されている。これら、大気中の放出された水銀は、最終的には大気中から海に移動し、有機水銀として魚貝類に蓄積されている。本研究の最終目標は、石炭利用に伴い発生する金属水銀の除去剤(収着剤)開発である。これまでの研究によって、活性炭系と鉄系の除去剤を提案し、さらにこれらの除去剤を用いて、高活性水銀除去剤(収着剤)の開発のために必用な、基礎的なデータを取得した

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Role of SO_2 forelemental mercury removal from coal combustion flue gas by activated carbon (2008)
  • Author(s): Uddin, M.A., Yamada, T., Ochiai, R., Sasaoka, E. & Wu, S.
  • Journal Title: Energy & Fuel 22 Pages: 2284-229-89
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Temperature programmed decomposition desorption of the mercury species over spent iron-based sorbents for mercury removal from coal derived fuel gas (2008)
  • Author(s): Ozaki, M., Uddin, M.A., Sasaoka, E. & Wu, S.
  • Journal Title: Fuel Vol.87 Pages: 3610-3615
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Development of iron-based sorbents for Hg removal from coal derived fuel gas : Effect of hydrogen chloride (2008)
  • Author(s): Wu, S., Ozaki, M., Uddin, M.A. & Sasaoka, E.
  • Journal Title: Fuel Vol.87 Pages: 467-274
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Development of iron oxide sorbents for Hg removal from coal derived fuel gas : Sulfidation characteristics of iron oxide sorbents and activity for COS formation during Hg removal (2007)
  • Author(s): Wu, S., Oya, N., Ozaki, M., Kawakami, J., Uddin, M.A. & Sasaoka, E.
  • Journal Title: Fuel Vol.86 Pages: 2857-2863
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Preparation of activated carbon from asphalt and heavy oil fly ash and coal fly ash by pyrolysis (2007)
  • Author(s): Uddin, M.A., Shinozaki, Y., Furusawa, N., Yamada, T., Yamaji, Y. & Sasaoka, E.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis Vol.78(2) Pages: 337-342
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Effects of HCl and SO2 Concentration on Mercury Removal by Activated Carbon Sorbents in Coal Derived Flue Gas
  • Author(s): Ochiai, Ryota ; Uddin, Azhar ; Sasaoka, Eiji ; Wu, Shenji
  • Journal Title: Energy & Fuel (in press)
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Temperature Programmed Decomposition Desorption of Mercury Species over Activated Carbon Sorbents for Mercury Removal from Coal Derived Fuel Gas
  • Author(s): Uddin, Azhar ; Ozaki, Masaki ; Nagano, Saori ; Sasaoka, Eiji ; Wu, Shenji
  • Journal Title: Energy & Fuel (in press)
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Mercury species captured on solid sorbets (2008)
  • Author(s): Uddin, M.A., Ozaki.M, Sasaoka, E. & Wu, S.,
  • Organizer: Proceedings of the 5^<th> International Workshop of Experts on Mercury Emission from Coal (MEC-5)
  • Place of Presentation: Newcastle, Australia
  • Year and Date: 20080626-27
• [Presentation] 石炭ガス化ガス中の水銀除去剤としての活性炭の特性 (2008)
  • Author(s): 竹並潤哉、尾崎正樹、永野佐織、落合亮太、Md. Azhar Uddin、笹岡英司、呉 聖姫
  • Organizer: 第45回石炭科学会議
  • Place of Presentation: 京都市
  • Year and Date: 2008-10-09
• [Presentation] 石炭燃焼排ガス中の水銀を対象とした硫化鉄系水銀除去剤の開発 (2008)
  • Author(s): 村上篤志、山地悠毅、Md. Azhar Uddin、笹岡英司、呉聖姫
  • Organizer: 第45回石炭科学会議
  • Place of Presentation: 京都市
  • Year and Date: 2008-10-09
• [Presentation] Temperature programmed decomposition desorption of the mercury species over activated carbon sorbents for mercury removal from coaled derived fuel gas (2008)
  • Author(s): Ozaki.M, Uddin, M.A. Sasaoka E., & Wu, S.
  • Organizer: Proceedings of the 25th Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Pittsburgh, USA
  • Year and Date: 2008-10-01
• [Presentation] Evaluation of decomposition characteristics of mercurycompounds using mass spectrometer (2008)
  • Author(s): Ozaki.M, Nagano S., Uddin, M.A. Sasaoka E., & Wu, S.
  • Organizer: Proceedings of the 25th Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Pittsburgh, USA
  • Year and Date: 2008-10-01
• [Presentation] Effects of HCl and SO2 Concentration on mercury removal by activated carbon sorbents in coal derived flue gas (2008)
  • Author(s): Ochiai R., Uddin, M.A. Sasaoka E., & Wu, S.
  • Organizer: Proceedings of the 25th Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Pittsburgh, USA
  • Year and Date: 2008-10-01
• [Presentation] Effect of SO2 in coal combustion flue gas on the removal omercury vapor with activated carbon (2008)
  • Author(s): Uddin, M.A., Yamada, T., Ochiai, R., Sasaoka, E. & Wu, S.
  • Organizer: Proceedings of the 7^<th> International Symposium on Gas Cleaning at High Temperatures
  • Place of Presentation: Newcastle, Australia
  • Year and Date: 2008-06-23
• [Presentation] Effect of the Presence of HCl on Mercury Removal from Coal Derived Fuel Gas by Iron-based Sorbents (2007)
  • Author(s): Ozaki, M., Nagano, Wu, S., Uddin, M.A. & Sasaoka, E.
  • Organizer: Proceedings of the International Conference on Coal Science and Technology
  • Place of Presentation: Nottingham, UK
  • Year and Date: 20070828-31
• [Presentation] TPD-Massによる水銀化合物と除去剤上の水銀種の分解特性 (2007)
  • Author(s): 尾崎正樹、永野佐織、落合亮太、呉 聖姫、笹岡英司、Md. Azhar Uddin
  • Organizer: 第44回石炭科学会議
  • Place of Presentation: 秋田市
  • Year and Date: 2007-10-11
• [Presentation] Development of sorbents for the removal of elemental mercury in the form of mercury sulfide from coal combustion flue gas (2007)
  • Author(s): Uddin, M.A., Yamaji, Y., Tamada, T., Wu. S. & Sasaoka, E.
  • Organizer: Proceedings of the 24^<th> Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference, Johannesburg
  • Place of Presentation: South Africa
  • Year and Date: 2007-09-11
• [Presentation] Mercury vapor capture from coal derived fuel gas in the presence of hydrogen chloride over iron based sorbents (2006)
  • Author(s): Wu, S., Ozaki, M., Uddin,M.A. & Sasaoka, E.
  • Organizer: Proceedings of the 9th China-Japan Symposium on Coal and C1 chemistry
  • Place of Presentation: Chengdu, Sichuan, China
  • Year and Date: 20061022-26
• [Presentation] 石炭ガス化ガス中の鉄系収着剤を用いた水銀の除去 (2006)
  • Author(s): 尾崎正樹、大矢直樹、呉 聖姫、笹岡英司、Md. Azhar Uddin
  • Organizer: 第43回石炭科学会議
  • Place of Presentation: 高知市
  • Year and Date: 2006-10-13
• [Presentation] 活性炭と硫化水素を用いた石炭燃焼ガス中の水銀の除去に及ぼす塩化水素の影響 (2006)
  • Author(s): 山地悠毅、山田 徹、呉 聖姫、笹岡英司、Md. Azhar Uddin
  • Organizer: 第43回石炭科学会議
  • Place of Presentation: 高知市
  • Year and Date: 2006-10-13
• [Presentation] Effect of hydrogen chloride in coal combustion flue gas on the mercury removal performance of activated carbon from coal combustion flue gas (2006)
  • Author(s): Yamada, T., Yamaji, Y., Sasaoka, E., Wu, S. & Uddin, M. A.
  • Organizer: Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Pittsburgh, USA
  • Year and Date: 2006-09-28
• [Presentation] Mercury vapor capture from coal derived fuel gas in the presence of hydrogen chloride over iron oxide sorbents (2006)
  • Author(s): Wu, S., Kawakami, J., Oya, N., Ozaki, M., Uddin, M.A. & Sasaoka E.
  • Organizer: Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Pittsburgh, USA
  • Year and Date: 2006-09-27