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JOURNAL OF THE ENERGY INSTITUTE
Volume 94, Issue -, Pages 285-293Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.joei.2020.09.012
Keywords
Natural wood-derived chars; Vessel structure; 3D porous framework; Elemental mercury; Oxidation
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51978124]
- Liaoning Provincial Natural Science [20180510054]
- Foundation of China the Program for Changjiang Scholars [T2012049]
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Using natural wood as the catalyst support, two catalysts were prepared by different methods. One of the catalysts showed excellent performance in Hg-0 removal, with higher active sites and removal efficiency. Additionally, O-2 and NO were found to promote Hg-0 removal, while H2O, SO2, and NH3 had a significant impact on removal performance.
Wood vessel in natural wood (NW) as the channel for water and inorganic salt transport has a natural aligned microchannel structure and a great hydrophily. In the present work, NW was used as catalyst support which was directly impregnated in Co(NO3)(2) solution and then calcined in N-2 atmosphere to prepare a catalyst (denoted as Co/NWBC-OS), which was called a one-step calcination method. For comparison, NW biochar (NWBC) derived from pyrolytic NW was also impregnated in Co(NO3)(2) solution and calcined in N-2 atmosphere to prepare catalyst (denoted as Co/NWBC-TS), which was called a twostep calcination method. Characterization results reveal that NW possesses a greater hydrophily and wettability than NWBC, which is beneficial to impregnation process resulting in a better active components dispersion. In the meanwhile, Co/NWBC-OS has a higher Co3+/Co2+ ratio and more surface chemisorbed oxygen. The higher Co3+/Co2+ ratio can generate more oxygen vacancies which can capture and activate gaseous oxygen to form more surface chemisorbed oxygen. Surface chemisorbed oxygen as the main active site can greatly promote Hg-0 removal performance. These results lead to an excellent Hg-0 removal efficiency of Co/NWBC-OS which is 99% at 180 degrees C. Additionally, O-2 and NO can promote the Hg-0 removal process whereas H2O, SO2 and NH3 exert an obviously prohibited effect on Hg0 removal performance. (C) 2020 Energy Institute. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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