Removal of elemental mercury by clays impregnated with KI and KBr》.pdf

Chemical Engineering Journal 241 (2014) 19–27 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Chemical Engineering Journal journal homepage: www.else /locate/cej Removal of elemental mercury by clays impregnated with KI and KBr Ji Cai, Boxiong Shen ⇑, Zhuo Li, Jianhong Chen, Chuan He College of Environmental Science & Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China h i g h l i g h t s g r a p h i c a l a b s t r a c t Clay impregnated with halogen (Br/I) 0 0 Hg enhanced the capacity of Hg O , SO , H O 2 2 2 removal. KI-clay performed better than KBr-clay in Hg0 removal under the KBr-clay KBr-clay same conditions. The reaction of KI and O2 to form I2 was an key step in the chemisorption 0 Hg0 of Hg . O2 and SO2 showed a promotion KI-clay KI-clay whereas H O showed an inhibition on 2 Hg0 removal. O , SO , H O 2 2 2 a r t i c l e i n f o