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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2002
Paul S. Nolan, North Canton, OH (US);
William Downs, Washington Township, Stark County, OH (US);
Ralph T. Bailey, Uniontown, OH (US);
Stanley J. Vecci, Washington Township, Stark County, OH (US);
Paul S. Nolan, North Canton, OH (US);
William Downs, Washington Township, Stark County, OH (US);
Ralph T. Bailey, Uniontown, OH (US);
Stanley J. Vecci, Washington Township, Stark County, OH (US);
The Babcock & Wilcox Company, New Orleans, LA (US);
McDermott Technology, Inc., New Orleans, LA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for reducing and removing mercury in industrial gases, such as a flue gas, produced by the combustion of fossil fuels, such as coal, adds sulfide ions to the flue gas as it passes through a scrubber. Ideally, the source of these sulfide ions may include at least one of: sulfidic waste water, kraft caustic liquor, kraft carbonate liquor, potassium sulfide, sodium sulfide, and thioacetamide. The sulfide ion source is introduced into the scrubbing liquor as an aqueous sulfide species. The scrubber may be either a wet or dry scrubber for flue gas desulfurization systems.