Preliminary Program subject to change
T2001 Mercury Abatement in Combustion and Gasification
OverviewThis session examines a variety of mercury abatement techniques including fuel cleaning, fuel blending, adsorption, catalysis, and the addition of halogens.
Primary SponsorTopical 2: New Frontiers in Energy Research (T2)

Chair

Geoffrey Silcox
Professor
Chemical Engineering
University of Utah
50 S. Central Campus Drive, Room 3290 MEB
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Phone Number: 8015818820
Email: geoff@che.utah.edu

CoChair

Jost O. L. Wendt
Presidential Professor
Chemical Engineering
University of Utah
50 S. Central Campus Drive, Room 3290 MEB
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Phone Number: 8015851025
Email: wendt@reaction-eng.com
A Summary Of Epa's Mercury Emission Control Technology Research Program
Nick Hutson, US EPA / NRMRL, 109 TW Alexander Drive, E305-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Direct Measurements Of Oxidized Mercury From Simulated Combustion Flue Gas
Bihter Padak and Jennifer Wilcox, Chemical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Road, WPI, Department of Chemical Engineering, Worcester, MA 01609
Gas-Phase Oxidation of Elemental Mercury and the Effects of Aqueous-Phase Impinger Chemistry on Apparent Levels of Oxidation
Brydger Cauch1, Geoffrey Silcox2, JoAnn Slama Lighty3, Jost O. L. Wendt2, Andrew Fry4 and Constance L. Senior4, (1)Chemical Engineering, University of Utah, 50 S Central Campus Dr, Room 3290 MEB, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, (2)Chemical Engineering, University of Utah, 50 S. Central Campus Drive, Room 3290 MEB, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, (3)Chemical Engineering, University of Utah, 50 South Central Campus Drive, Room 3290 MEB, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, (4)Reaction Engineering International, 77 West 200 South, Suite 210, Salt Lake City, UT 84101
Production Of Activated Carbon For Mercury Control Using Hot Oxygen Technology
Lawrence Bool III, Industrial Applications and Healthcare R&D, Praxair Inc, 175 E Park Drive, Tonawanda, NY 14052
Mechanisms Of High-Temperature (900°C – 1000°C) In-Flight Sequestration Of Mercury In Coal Combustion And Gasification Systems
Sung Jun Lee, Chemical Engineering, ICES, University of Utah, 1495 East 100 South, 109 Kennecott Research Building, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, Jost O.L. Wendt, Chemical Engineering, University of Utah, 3290 MEB, 50 S. Central Campus Dr., Salt Lake City, UT 84112 and Joep Biermann, MinPlus, Inc., 2540 Camino Diablo Blvd, Suite 200, Walnut Creek, CA 94597
Functionalized Nanometal Aggregates For Vapor-Phase Mercury Capture
D. Bhattacharyya, Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Kentucky, 177 Anderson Hall, Lexington, KY 40506, David Meyer, University of Kentucky, 177 Anderson Hall, Lexington, KY 40506, Subhas K. Sikdar, NRMRL/USEPA, 26 W. M. L. King Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45268 and Nick Hutson, US EPA / NRMRL, 109 TW Alexander Drive, E305-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711

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