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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
Volume 315, Issue -, Pages 251-261Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2017.01.030
Keywords
Bio-char; Mercury adsorption; Kinetic model; Desorption energy
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Funding
- Major State Basic Research Development Program of China (973 Program) [2013CB430000]
- National Science Foundation of China [21521064]
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Bio-chars as mercury sorbent were derived from cotton straw via pyrolysis carbonization, microwave/ steam activation and ammonium halides impregnation. Mercury adsorption capacity of various impregnated bio-chars was tested at different temperatures. Rising temperature improved the adsorption capacity of bio-chars modified with NH4Br and NH4I yet inhabited that of bio-char modified with NH4C1. Kinetic model analysis indicated that the changes of mercury adsorption capacity were related to the difference of enthalpy change for various bio-chars. In temperature programmed desorption technic (TPDT) analysis, high desorption energy (80.9-82.1 kJ mot(-1)) proved that mercury adsorption mainly depended on chemisorption for halide modified bio-chars. Modification effect of ammonium halides on mercury adsorption capacity followed the order: NH4I (7643.1 mu g g(-1))> NH4Br (842.0 mu g g-1) > NH4Cl (365.3 mu g g-1). X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis proved that C -X groups served as mercury adsorption sites and determined the mercury removal capacity of bio-chars. This study explained the mechanism of temperature effects and halides modification as well as proposed useful suggestion on mercury sorbent preparation and application. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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