Green Energy and Low-carbon Technology
GAO Libing, REN Bingru, GUO Shaoqing, LI Hongyan
The occurrence modes of mercury in middlings from different origins were studied by using sequential chemical extraction, and the thermal stability of various occurrence forms was investigated by combining temperature programmed decomposition-atomic fluorescence spectrometry (TPD-AFS) technique. Results show that mercury in middlings mainly exists in the forms of exchangeable Hg, carbonate and oxide surface bound Hg, organic bound Hg, sulfide bound Hg, silicate bound Hg and residual Hg. In middlings, the dominant form of mercury is the sulfide bound Hg, accounting for 60.67%-62.93% of the total mercury content, there are two release peaks, mainly released at 150-400 ℃, and less at 400-600 ℃. The content of residual Hg accounts for 14.63% to 25.31%, mainly released within the temperature range of 150-300 ℃. The content of organic bound Hg accounts for 3.98% to 7.99%, mainly released within the temperature range of 400-600 ℃. The content of silicate bound state Hg ranges from 2.18% to 3.34%, and it is released after 600 ℃. The content in the exchangeable state Hg ranges from 1.01% to 3.20%, and it shows no obvious release during pyrolysis. The content in the surface bound state Hg of carbonate and oxide is the least, ranging from 0.46% to 1.33%, and it is mainly released within the temperature range of 180-340 ℃.