Table of Contents

• Disclaimer
• Papers and Presentations
  • Program Review Overview
  • Stack Plume Chemistry
  • Sorbent Injection
  • Panel Discussion - Halogenated Sorbents for Mercury Control
  • Combustion Modification
  • Mercury Oxidation and Removal with SCR/FGD Systems
  • Other Mercury Control Technology and Issues
  • Byproduct Characterization/Management
• Posters

Disclaimer
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Program Review Overview

• Overview of DOE/NETL’s Mercury R&D Program [PDF-2.3MB]
  Thomas J. Feeley, III, Technology Manager, Innovations for Existing Plants Prog.
  U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• Reduction of Mercury Emissions from Coal-Fired Electric Utility Boilers [PDF-3.4MB]
  Ravi Srivastava, Project Manager, Air Pollution and Control Division,
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development
• EPRI Focus in the Home Stretch: Mercury Control Technology
  Priorities for the Industry to Meet the Regulations [PDF-914KB]
  George Offen, Technical Executive, Emissions/Combustion Product Use,
  Electric Power Research Institut

Stack Plume Chemistry

• In-Plume Redox of Mercury: Lab, Field, and Mechanistic Studies [PDF-1.8MB]
  Leonard Levin, Electric Power Research Institute

Sorbent Injection

• Long-Term Operation of a COHPAC System for Removing Mercury from Coal-Fired
  Flue Gas [PDF-475KB]
  Jean Bustard, ADA-ES, Inc.
• Evaluation of Sorbent Injection for Mercury Control [PDF-708KB]
  Sharon Sjostrom, ADA-ES, Inc.
• Mercury Control Technologies for Electric Utilities Burning Lignite Coal, Phase II [PDF-1.6MB]
  John Pavlish, University of North Dakota Energy & Environmental Research Center
• Sorbent Injection for Small ESP Mercury Control in Low-Sulfur Bituminous
  Coal Flue Gas [PDF-616KB]
  Katherine Dombrowski, URS Corporation
• Status of Demonstration of Amended Silicates Sorbent at Miami Fort Station [PDF-117KB]
  Jim Butz, Amended Silicates, LLC
• Advanced Utility Mercury-Sorbent Field-Testing Program [PDF-736KB]
  Sid Nelson Jr., Sorbent Technologies Corporation
• Field Demonstration of Enhanced Sorbent Injection for Mercury Control [PDF-1.2MB]
  Srivats Srinivasachar, Alstom Power Inc.
• Enhancing Carbon Reactivity for Mercury Control in Coal-Fired Power Plants [PDF-1.9MB]
  Michael J. Holmes, University of North Dakota Energy & Environmental Research Center

Panel Discussion - Halogenated Sorbents for Mercury Control

• Michael J. Holmes [PDF-76KB]
  Energy & Environmental Research Center University of North Dakota
• Evan Granite [PDF-187KB]
  U.S Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• Rob Nebergall [PDF-305KB]
  NORIT Americas
• Nick Hutson [PDF-441KB]
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research & Development

Combustion Modification

• Mercury Control Using Combustion Staging [PDF-1.2MB]
  Vitali Lissianski, GE Energy & Environmental Research Corporation
• Impact of Modified Boiler Control Settings on Mercury Emissions [PDF-1.3MB]
  Carlos E. Romero, Energy Research Center, Lehigh University

Mercury Oxidation and Removal with SCR/FGD Systems

• Oxidation of Mercury Across SCR Catalysts in Coal-Fired Power Plants Burning Low Rank Fuels [PDF-274KB]
  Constance Senior, Reaction Engineering International
• Mercury Emissions from Coal-Fired Facilities with SCR-FGD Systems [PDF-223KB]
  Jeff Withum, CONSOL Energy, Inc.
• Large-Scale Mercury Control Technology Testing for Lignite-Fired Utilities/
  Oxidation Systems for Wet FGD [PDF-1.4MB]
  Steven A. Benson, University of North Dakota Energy & Environmental Research Center
• Pilot Testing of Mercury Oxidation Catalyst for Up Stream of Wet FGD Systems [PDF-1.3MB]
  Gary Blythe, URS Corporation
• Field Testing of a Wet FGD Additive for Enhanced Mercury Control and Bench Scale Kinetics of Mercury Reactions in FGD Liquors [PDF-593KB]
  Gary Blythe and David DeBerry, URS Corporation

Other Mercury Control Technology and Issues

• TOXECON Retrofit for Mercury and Multi-Pollutant Control [PDF-3.1MB]
  Richard Johnson, We Energies
• Control of Mercury Emissions by Absorption on Flyash - Experimental Results of the CONSOL/Allegheny Pilot Plant Program [PDF-1.2MB]
  Michael L. Fenger, CONSOL Energy, Inc.
• The PCO Process for Photochemical Removal of Mercury from Flue Gas [PDF-1.7MB]
  Evan J. Granite, U.S. DOE, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• The Thief Process for Mercury Removal from Flue Gas [PDF-1.1MB]
  Evan J. Granite, U.S. DOE, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• Computational Approaches to the Development of Advanced Mercury Control
  Technologies [PDF-1.7MB]
  Mehrdad Shahnam, Fluent, Inc.
• Evaluation of MerCAP for Power Plant Mercury Control [PDF-1.2MB]
  Tim Ebner, Apogee Scientific Inc. 

Byproduct Characterization/Management

• Characterization of Coal Combustion By-Products for the Re-Evolution
  of Mercury into Ecosystems [PDF-168KB]
  Jeff Withum, CONSOL Energy, Inc.
• Mercury and Air Toxic Element Impacts of CCB Disposal and Utilization [PDF-698KB]
  Debra Pflughoeft-Hassett, University of North Dakota Energy & Environmental Research Center
• Speciation and Attenuation of Arsenic and Selenium, and Fate of Mercury
  in Coal Combustion By-Products [PDF-4.2MB]
  Ken Ladwig, EPRI
• Fate of Mercury in Synthetic Gypsum Used for Wallboard Production [PDF-434KB]
  Jessica Marshall, USG Corporation
• NETL In-House Characterization of Mercury in Coal Combustion By-Products [PDF-1.3MB]
  Karl Schroeder, U.S. DOE, National Energy Technology Laboratory

Posters

• Mercury Monitoring and the Development of Sorbent Trap Technology [PDF-KB]
  Chuck Dene, Electric Power Research Institute
• Geographic Variation and Emission Potential of Mercury, Sulfur, and Chlorine
  in U.S. Coal [PDF-856KB]
  Jeff Quick, Utah Geological Survey
• Control of Mercury Emission from Power Plants by the Oxidation of Mercury Gas:
  Gas Phase and Solid Induced Reaction Pathways [PDF-KB]
  S.G. “Ted” Chang, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• Investigation of Mercury and Carbon-Based Sorbent Reaction Mechanisms [PDF-362KB]
  Charlene Crocker, University of North Dakota Environmental & Energy Research Center
• Mercury Control with Calcium-Based Sorbents and Oxidizing Agents [PDF-1.8MB]
  Tom Gale, Southern Research Institute
• Mercury Chemistry in Flue Gas Cleanup Systems [PDF-478KB]
  C. David Livengood and David Schmalzer, Argonne National Laboratory
• Sorption Mechanisms for Mercury Capture in Warm Post-Gasification
  Gas Clean-Up Systems [PDF-137KB]
  Jost Wendt, University of Arizona
• Mercury Transport and Deposition in Ohio River Valley Region: Measurements at a Rural Super Site [PDF-KB]
  Kevin Crist, Ohio University
• Hot-Spots from Mercury Emissions from Coal-Fired Power Plants. Do they Exist?
  Are They a Health Risk Problem? [PDF-KB]
  Terry Sullivan, Brookhaven National Laboratory
• Removal of Mercury from Coal Via Microbial Bioleaching [PDF-89KB]
  Abhijeet Borole, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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