Reducing mercury emissions from the burning of coal by remote sorbent addition

A method of preparing coal for a coal burning facility to reduce emissions of mercury or other harmful components arising from combustion of coal in a furnace of the facility, comprising:

• applying a sorbent composition to coal at a first facility to form a treated coal having the applied sorbent composition to be transported from the first facility to the coal burning facility, wherein the sorbent composition comprises a halogen selected from bromine or iodine and an aluminosilicate material and the treated coal is delivered to and combusted in the furnace at the coal burning facility to make energy, combustion gas, and ash, and the treated coal reduces an amount of mercury in the combustion gas as compared to mercury present in a combustion gas when coal is combusted without the applied sorbent composition.

A method of preparing coal for a coal burning facility to reduce emissions of mercury or other harmful components arising from combustion of coal in a furnace of the facility, comprising:

• applying a sorbent composition to coal at a first facility to form a treated coal having the applied sorbent composition, wherein the sorbent composition comprises a halogen selected from bromine or iodine and an aluminosilicate material;
• transporting the treated coal from the first facility to the coal burning facility where the treated coal is delivered to and combusted in the furnace at the coal burning facility to make energy, combustion gas, and ash, wherein the treated coal reduces an amount of mercury in the combustion gas and acid leachable mercury in the ash as compared to mercury present in a combustion gas and acid leachable mercury in the ash when coal is combusted without the applied sorbent composition.