Mercury Control Technology Information

 

Air pollution control vendors have reported booking new contracts for equipment for more than a dozen power plants, with engineering companies reporting new contracts on several facilities to develop design specifications for procurement of mercury control technology.  The contracts for commercial systems are attributed to federal and state regulations, including new source permit requirements and consent decrees, which specify very high levels of mercury capture.

A number of different technology approaches have been developed and tested for full scale applications including controls that specifically target mercury as well as those that enhance the removal of mercury from currently installed controls (FGD, SCR, etc).  Some of the categories of mercury controls that have been developed include sorbent injection, catalytic oxidation, and multi-pollutant controls.  For more information, scroll down to view published papers and presentations by industry experts on mercury control options

 

 

 

 

 

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ICAC Mercury Control Fact Sheets:

• MERCURY CONTROL WITH FABRIC FILTERS FROM COAL-FIRED BOILERS (pdf)
• SORBENT INJECTION TECHNOLOGY FOR CONTROL OF MERCURY EMISSIONS FROM COAL-FIRED BOILERS (pdf)
• ENHANCING MERCURY CONTROL ON COAL-FIRED BOILERS WITH SCR, OXIDATION CATALYST, AND FGD  (pdf)
• PRE-COMBUSTION AND COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGY FOR CONTROL OF MERCURY EMISSIONS FROM COAL-FIRED BOILERS (pdf)

 

Updated Commercial Hg Control Technology Bookings (June 2010) (pdf)

 

 

 

ICAC Comments to EPA & U.S. Senate

• Mercury Control Technologies - January 3, 2005, Utility MACT Rule NODA Comments (.pdf -202 KB)
• U.S. Senate Hearing - July 9, 2004, Democratic Policy Committee Hearing on Mercury (.pdf -83 KB)
• Mercury Control Technologies - June 2004, Utility MACT Rule Comments(.pdf -446 KB)
• Mercury Monitoring Technologies - June 2004, Utility MACT Rule Comments (.pdf -665 KB)

Technical Papers & Presentations

Technology Overview

• Current and Emerging Mercury and Multi-Pollutant Control Technologies - Oct 2003 (.pdf-0.7 MB)
• Mercury Control Technology: Tools for Planning and Implementing (.pdf-3.1 MB)
• Mercury: Myths and Realities - Mar 2003 (.pdf-797 KB)
• Mercury Control Alternatives for Coal-Fired Power Plants - Dec 2002 (.pdf-0.5 MB)

Field Experience

•  Field Test Program to Evaluate Mercury Emissions from Coal-Fired Facilities with SCR-FGD Systems - Oct 2003 (.pdf-0.2 MB)
• Full-Scale Results of Mercury Control by Injecting Activated Carbon Upstream of ESPs and Fabric Filters - Oct 2003 (.pdf-0.4 MB)
• Full-Scale Evaluation of Mercury Control across a Wet Particulate Scrubber - May 2003 (.pdf-0.6 MB)
• Modeling Mercury Control with Powdered Activated Carbon - May 2003 (.pdf-0.3 MB)
• Operating Experiences of Mercury Collection by PAC Injection in Bag Filters - May 2003 (.pdf-0.4 MB)
• PM2.5 and Mercury Emissions From a High Ratio Fabric Filter after a Pulverized Coal Fired Boiler - May 2003 (.pdf-0.7 MB)
• Results of Activated Carbon Injection for Mercury Control Upstream of a COHPAC Fabric Filter - May 2003 (.pdf-0.5 MB)
• Results of Activated Carbon Injection Upstream of Electrostatic Precipitators for Mercury Control - May 2003 (.pdf-0.7 MB)
• Characterization of Fly Ash from Full-Scale Demonstration of Sorbent Injection for Mercury Control on Coal-Fired Power Plants - Mar 2003 (.pdf-0.1 MB)
• Demonstration of Additive Use for Enhanced Mercury Emissions Control in Wet FGD Systems - Sept 2002 (.pdf-0.1 MB)
• Full-Scale Evaluation of Sorbent Injection for Mercury Control on Coal-Fired Power Plants - Sept 2002 (.pdf-0.3 MB)

Combustion Control

•   On-Line LOI Analyzers for NOx and Mercury Control - Oct 2003 (.pdf-0.2 MB)

Catalytic Oxidation

 

• Study of Speciation of Mercury under Simulated SCR NOx Emissions Control Conditions - Oct 2003 (.pdf-0.1 MB)

Sorbents

• A Novel Process for Onsite Production of Mercury Sorbents -May 2006 (pdf)
• Toxecon and High Temperature Reagents or Sorbents for Low Cost Mercury Removal- Nov. 2005 (pdf)
• Mercury Controls for PRB and PRB/Bituminous Blends-Nov. 2005 (pdf)
• Coal-Fired Power Plant Mercury Control by Injecting Sodium Tetrasulfide - Oct 2003 (.pdf-0.2 MB)
• A Novel Technology to Immobilize Mercury from Flue Gases - May 2003 (.pdf-1.5 MB)
• Development and Demonstration of Mercury Control by Adsorption Processes (MerCAPTM) - May 2003 (.pdf-0.2 MB)
• Evaluation of Amended Silicate Sorbents for Mercury Control - May 2003 (.pdf-0.3 MB)
• Amended SilicatesTM for Removing Mercury from Power Plant Flue Gas - Jan 2003 (.pdf-0.5 MB)

Multi-Pollutant Applications

• Commercial Demonstration of ECO Multi-Pollutant Control Technology - Nov. 2005 (.pdf-924 KB)
• Full-Scale Evaluation of a Multi-Pollutant Control Technology: SO2, Hg, and NOx - Oct 2003 (.pdf-0.3 MB)
• Summary of Air Emissions from the First Year Operation of JeA's Northside Generating Station - Oct 2003 (.pdf-0.3 MB)
• Application of Wet Electrostatic Precipitation Technology in the Utility Industry for Multiple Pollutant Control Including Mercury - Aug 2003 (.pdf-0.2 MB)
• Latest Developments of the Plasma-Enhanced Electrostatic Precipitator for Mercury Removal in Coal-Fired Boiler Flue Gas - Sept 2002 (.pdf-0.3 MB)
• NOx and Mercury Control by Combustion Modifications - Sept 2002 (.pdf-0.2 MB)

Measurement/Monitoring

• Status of Mercury Calibration Gas for Mercury CEMS - May 2003 (.pdf-0.1 MB)

 

 

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