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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2010
Shih-ger Chang, El Cerrito, CA (US);
Shou-heng Liu, Kaohsiung, TW;
Zhao-rong Liu, Beijing, CN;
Naiqiang Yan, Berkeley, CA (US);
Shih-Ger Chang, El Cerrito, CA (US);
Shou-Heng Liu, Kaohsiung, TW;
Zhao-Rong Liu, Beijing, CN;
Naiqiang Yan, Berkeley, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of Calfornia, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a method for removing mercury from a gas stream comprising contacting the gas stream with a getter composition comprising bromine, bromochloride, sulphur bromide, sulphur dichloride or sulphur monochloride and mixtures thereof. In one preferred embodiment the getter composition is adsorbed onto a sorbent. The sorbent may be selected from the group consisting of flyash, limestone, lime, calcium sulphate, calcium sulfite, activated carbon, charcoal, silicate, alumina and mixtures thereof. Preferred is flyash, activated carbon and silica.