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JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Volume 124, Issue -, Pages 397-413Publisher
SCIENCE PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2021.09.039
Keywords
Coal combustion; Particulate lead; Formation and migration; Removal strengthen; Environmental risk
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This study reviews the distribution characteristics of lead in coal and combustion by-products, summarizes the formation and migration mechanisms of particulate lead, and proposes targeted measures to control its formation and improve removal efficiency. However, the formation mechanism of fine particulate lead is still unclear, and there are differences in the removal principles of fine particles and particulate lead, posing a challenge for precise lead emission control.
Coal is widely utilized as an important energy source, but coal-fired power plant was considered to be an important anthropogenic lead emission source. In the present study, the distribution characteristics of lead in coal and combustion by-products are reviewed. Specifically, lead is mainly transferred to ash particles and the formation and migration mechanisms of particulate lead are summarized. Also, targeted measures are proposed to control the formation of fine particulate lead as well as to increase the removal efficiency during the low-temperature flue gas clean process. In detail, interactions between gaseous lead and some coal-bearing minerals or added adsorbents could obviously suppress the formation of fine particulate lead. On the other hand, some efforts (including promoting capture of fine particles, reducing resistivity of particles and strengthening the gas-liquid contact) could be made to improve the fine particulate lead removal capacity. Notably, the formation mechanism of fine particulate lead is still unclear due to the limitations of research methods. Some differences in the removal principles of fine particles and particulate lead make the lead emission precisely control a great challenge. Finally, the environmental potential risk of lead emission from flue gas and ash residues is addressed and further discussed. ?? 2022 The Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Published by Elsevier B.V.
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