An overview of the modification methods of activated carbon for its water treatment applications

A Bhatnagar, W Hogland, M Marques… - Chemical Engineering …, 2013 - Elsevier
Activated carbon has been recognized as one of the oldest and widely used adsorbent for
the water and wastewater treatment for removing organic and inorganic pollutants. The …

Review of modifications of activated carbon for enhancing contaminant uptakes from aqueous solutions

CY Yin, MK Aroua, WMAW Daud - Separation and purification technology, 2007 - Elsevier
Due to its versatility and wide range of applications, activated carbon is widely used as
contaminant removal media. Recent research have focused on enhancing the effectiveness …

Increasing oxygen functional groups of activated carbon with non-thermal plasma to enhance mercury removal efficiency for flue gases

B Zhang, P Xu, Y Qiu, Q Yu, J Ma, H Wu, G Luo… - Chemical Engineering …, 2015 - Elsevier
To improve mercury removal efficiency of activated carbon (AC), a simple and efficient non-
chemical treatment method was proposed: AC was treated by non-thermal plasma in air …

A critical review on the method of simultaneous removal of multi-air-pollutant in flue gas

H Wang, B Yuan, R Hao, Y Zhao, X Wang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2019 - Elsevier
Simultaneous removal of multi-air-pollutant (sulfur dioxide (SO 2), nitric oxide (NO) and
elemental mercury (Hg 0) etc.) in flue gas, is a hot topic in the field of air pollution control due …

A review on modification methods of adsorbents for elemental mercury from flue gas

W Xu, A Hussain, Y Liu - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2018 - Elsevier
This review comprehensively discusses the recent development of modification methods of
adsorbents for elemental mercury (Hg 0) from flue gas. Various modification methods …

A critical review on the heterogeneous catalytic oxidation of elemental mercury in flue gases

Y Gao, Z Zhang, J Wu, L Duan, A Umar… - Environmental …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Nowadays, an increasing attention has been paid to the technologies for removing mercury
from flue gases. Up to date, no optimal technology that can be broadly applied exists, but the …

Adsorbents for capturing mercury in coal-fired boiler flue gas

H Yang, Z Xu, M Fan, AE Bland, RR Judkins - Journal of Hazardous …, 2007 - Elsevier
This paper reviews recent advances in the research and development of sorbents used to
capture mercury from coal-fired utility boiler flue gas. Mercury emissions are the source of …

Review of technologies for mercury removal from flue gas from cement production processes

Y Zheng, AD Jensen, C Windelin, F Jensen - Progress in Energy and …, 2012 - Elsevier
Mercury is a pollutant of concern and mercury emissions from cement plants are under
environmental regulation. After coal-fired power plants, mercury emissions from cement and …

Mercury capture by native fly ash carbons in coal-fired power plants

JC Hower, CL Senior, EM Suuberg, RH Hurt… - Progress in Energy and …, 2010 - Elsevier
The control of mercury in the air emissions from coal-fired power plants is an ongoing
challenge. The native unburned carbons in fly ash can capture varying amounts of Hg …

Universal pathway towards metal sulfides decorated 3D porous Ti3C2Tx MXene aerogel for vapor-phase mercury removal

W Zheng, Z Yang, J Chen, M Zhang, H Zu, R Qin… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Utilization of monolithic mineral sulfide-based sorbent for the fix-bed elemental mercury (Hg
0) removal is regarded as a predominant predicament in the field of Hg 0 abatement. In this …