Utilization of powdered sorbent for mercury control from coal-fired power plants
AssigneeBHA Group, Inc.
InventorsVishal Bansal, Peter Martin Maly, Robert Warren Taylor
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Abstract
A system and an associated method for improving mercury removal from a flow containing combustion exhaust. The system includes a filtration arrangement that includes at least one layer of ePTFE, with the at least one ePTFE layer being configured to have a geometry that retains at least some accumulated particulate matter. The system includes an arrangement for providing at least some particulate matter in the flow for accumulation on the filtration arrangement by the geometry.
Claims16
A system for improved mercury removal from a flow containing combustion exhaust;
- the system including:
- a filtration arrangement including at least one layer of ePTFE, with the at least one ePTFE layer being configured to have a geometry that retains at least some accumulated particulate matter;
- and
- an arrangement for providing at least some particulate matter in the flow for accumulation on the filtration arrangement by the geometry.
A method of improving mercury removal from a flow containing combustion exhaust, the method including:
- providing a filtration arrangement including:
- providing at least one layer of ePTFE;
- and
- configuring the at least one ePTFE layer to have a geometry that retains at least some accumulated particulate matter;
- and
- providing at least some particulate matter in the flow for accumulation on the filtration arrangement by the geometry.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.