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Denitrification devices in urban boilers change mercury isotope fractionation signatures of coal combustion products

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ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
卷 268, 期 -, 页码 -

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ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115753

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Mercury isotopes; Mass dependent fractionation; Denitrification devices; Coal-fired boilers; China

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  1. National Key Research and Development Plan [2017YFC0212700, 2016YFC0201600]
  2. National Natural Science Foundation of China [41773104, U1612442]

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The study reveals that modern coal-fired boilers with denitrification devices exhibit different Hg isotope fractionation effects compared to traditional boilers without denitrification devices. Significant enrichment of heavy Hg isotopes in combustion products was observed, which increased with sequential removal of combustion products.
The installation rate of denitrification devices is accelerating in Chinese urban boilers. Previous studies on pulverized coal-fired boilers without denitrification devices showed that combustion products containing mainly oxidized mercury (Hg) preferably enriched lighter Hg isotopes than feed coals. However, the magnitude of this enrichment becomes less pronounced if denitrification devices are installed. The underlying Hg isotope fractionation mechanisms are still unclear. In this study, three types of urban boilers (two pulverized coal-fired boilers, one circulating fluidized bed boiler and one municipal waste incinerator boiler) all installed with denitrification devices were measured for Hg isotope compositions of their feed fuels and corresponding combustion products. We observed little mass independent fractionation but very significant mass dependent fractionation (MDF) between feed fuels and combustion products. The fly ash and desulfurization products both enriched heavier Hg isotopes than feed coals in three coal-fired boilers, and the enrichment of heavy Hg isotopes increased with sequential removal of combustion products in all boilers. Different from previously suggested kineticMDF for gaseous Hg-0(g)-> Hg-II(g) and gaseous Hg-II(g)-> particulate Hg-II(p) in coal combustion flue gases, we propose an equilibrium MDF for Hg-0(g)<-> Hg-II(g) followed by a kinetic MDF for Hg-II(g)-> Hg-II(p). This equilibrium MDF most likely occurs during Hg-0(g) oxidation in denitrification devices, which enriches heavy Hg isotopes in oxidized products (Hg-II(g) and Hg-II(p)) that are then sequestrated in fly ash and desulfurization products. The paradigm shift of MDF in boilers with denitrification devices was further verified by parallel Hg isotope measurement in urban atmosphere particulates. Our study clearly demonstrates that modern coal-fired boilers with denitrification devices have a quite different MDF compared to traditional boilers without denitrification devices. This has important implications for estimating isotope signatures of urban boiler Hg emissions, and for isotope tracing of anthropogenic Hg emissions. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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