University of Wyoming

Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation

Kumar Muthusami Sellakumar

Alan E Bland

Jesse D Newcomer

Efficient coal pre-processing systems () integrated with gasification, oxy-combustion, and power plant systems include a drying chamber (), a volatile metal removal chamber (), recirculated gases, including recycled carbon dioxide (), nitrogen (), and gaseous exhaust () for increasing the efficiencies and lowering emissions in various coal processing systems.

Efficient volatile metal removal from low rank coal in gasification, combustion, and processing systems and methods

Efficient low rank coal gasification, combustion, and processing systems and methods

A method of removing mercury from flue gas containing mercury and particulate solids emanating from a fossil-fuel energy conversion plant and passing through a flue gas duct. The method includes (a) contacting the mercury in the flue gas with a solution containing at least one chloride-containing salt dissolved in a solvent by injecting the solution into the flue gas duct at an injection location, in order to oxidize mercury into HgCl, (b) heating the solution prior to or after step (a) to at least about 300&#xb0; C., and (c) removing oxidized mercury from the flue gas with a device for removing particulate solids from the flue gas.

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Bridgewater, NJ, United States of America

Kumar Muthusami Sellakumar