Mercury removal from gas streams using new solid adsorbents

Mahpuzah Abai; Martin P. Atkins; Amiruddin Hassan; John D. Holbrey; Yongcheun Kuah; Peter Nockemann; Alexander A. Olifrenko; Natalia V. Plechkova; Syamzari Rafeen; Adam A. Rahman; Kenneth R. Seddon; Shahidah M. Shariff; Geetha Srinivasan; Yiran Zou

Mercury removal from gas streams using new solid adsorbents

Mahpuzah Abai^*, Martin P. Atkins, Amiruddin Hassan, John D. Holbrey, Yongcheun Kuah, Peter Nockemann, Alexander A. Olifrenko, Natalia V. Plechkova, Syamzari Rafeen, Adam A. Rahman, Kenneth R. Seddon, Shahidah M. Shariff, Geetha Srinivasan, Yiran Zou

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Abstract

A new process has been developed as a joint collaboration between PETRONAS Research and QUILL, and covers the removal of mercury from natural gas feeds. The process utilises ionic liquids to provide a novel active site for mercury capture. The approach incorporates two key aspects: (i) custom design of ionic liquids with a dual functionality to both oxidise and capture mercury, and (ii) impregnation of the ionic liquids on an inert porous support as solid-supported ionic liquids, SSILs. This allows them to be used directly in existing MRU plants without requiring any changes to process operation, or additional costs associated with plant modification. The efficiency of the SSIL has been explored in direct comparison with commercial sulfur-impregnated activated carbons and, in laboratory trials, increases in bed life-time of up to five-fold have been observed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	International Gas Union Research Conference 2011, IGRC 2011
Pages	3019-3029
Number of pages	11
Volume	4
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	International Gas Union Research Conference 2011, IGRC 2011 - Seoul, Korea, Republic of Duration: 19 Oct 2011 → 21 Oct 2011

Conference

Conference	International Gas Union Research Conference 2011, IGRC 2011
Country/Territory	Korea, Republic of
City	Seoul
Period	19/10/2011 → 21/10/2011

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Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Fuel Technology

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