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US 8,273,154 B2Granted
Fire brick mercury removal process from flue gas
OwnerJohanshir Golchininventor
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Abstract
A method and system for removal of in most instances 70% of mercury contamination from flue gas and in many instances 90-95%. It involves passing hot flue gas through a honeycomb filter brick comprising a ceramic honeycomb of MgAl2 Si2O8, preferably containing minor amounts of Iron, Platinum and Titanium.
Claims1
A method of removal of 70% or more of mercury contamination from power plant flue gas, comprising:
- passing hot flue gas through a honeycomb filter brick prior to said gas escaping into the atmosphere;
- said filter brick comprising a ceramic honeycomb of MgAl2 Si2O8, containing a mercury absorbing enhancing effective amount of an element selected from the group consisting of Iron, Platinum, and Titanium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.