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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2014
Energy & Environmental Research Center Foundation, Grand Forks, ND (US);
Edwin S. Olson, Grand Forks, ND (US);
John Henry Pavlish, East Grand Forks, MN (US);
Energy & Environmental Research Center Foundation, Grand Forks, ND (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to activated carbon sorbents including nitrogen. In various embodiments, the present invention provides an activated carbon sorbent including a halogen- or halide-promoted activated carbon, the activated carbon sorbent particles including nitrogen in a surface layer of the sorbent particles. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of reducing the pollutant content in a pollutant-containing gas using the activated carbon sorbent. In various embodiments, the activated carbon sorbent can remove mercury from a mercury-containing gas that includes sulfur(VI) such as SOmore efficiently than other sorbents.