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CuO/TiO2 catalysts for gas-phase Hg0 catalytic oxidation

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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
Volume 243, Issue -, Pages 380-385

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ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.12.014

Keywords

Hg-0; CuO/TiO2; Catalytic oxidation; HCl; Mechanism

Funding

  1. National Basic Research Program (973) of China [2013CB430005]
  2. National Natural Science Foundation of China [21007073]
  3. National Hi-Tech Research and Development Program (863) of China [2012AA062504]

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CuO/TiO2 catalysts prepared by an impregnation method were studied to determine their efficiencies of mercury oxidation in the simulated flue gas. In this study, 7% CuO/TiO2 was found to be an optimal catalyst with an oxidation efficiency of over 98% at temperatures in the range of 50-300 degrees C. X-ray diffracto-grams (XRD), Brunauer-Emmet-Teller (BET) measurements, transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) were used to characterize the catalysts; the results indicated the CuO was well-dispersed on the surface of TiO2 and that Cu2+ was the primary Cu species contributing to Hg-0 oxidation. HCl was the most effective flue gas component responsible for the Hg-0 oxidation. Also, 5-ppm HCl resulted in 100% Hg-0 oxidation under the experimental conditions. The mechanism of Hg-0 oxidation was also investigated. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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