MERCURY ADSORPTION ON SULFURIC ACID-IMPREGNATED CARBONACEOUS SURFACE: THEORETICAL STUDY

Ping He, Jiang Wu (), Xiumin Jiang, Weiguo Pan and Jianxing Ren
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Ping He: School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China;
Jiang Wu: School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China;
Xiumin Jiang: School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
Weiguo Pan: School of Energy and Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai 200090, P. R. China
Jianxing Ren: School of Energy and Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai 200090, P. R. China

Surface Review and Letters (SRL), 2014, vol. 21, issue 01, 1-10

Abstract: Density functional theory calculations are performed to provide a molecular-level understanding of the mechanism of mercury adsorption on sulfuric acid-impregnated carbonaceous surface. The carbonaceous surface is modeled by a nine-fused benzene ring in which its edge carbon atoms on the upper side are unsaturated to simulate the active sites for reaction.SO4clusters with and without charge are examined to act as the representative species to model the sulfuric acid absorbed on the carbonaceous surface. All of the possible approaches ofSO4clusters with and without charge on the carbonaceous surface are conduced to study their effects on mercury adsorption. The results suggest that sulfuric acid effect on the mercury adsorption capacity of the carbonaceous surface is very complicated, and it depends on a combination of concentration and charge ofSO4cluster.SO4cluster presents a positive effect on mercury adsorption on the carbonaceous surface, but higher concentration ofSO4cluster decreases the adsorption capacity of the carbonaceous surface for mercury removal because there is considerable competition for active sites betweenHgandSO4cluster. Since all of the possible approaches of mercury on the carbonaceous surface with${\rm SO}_{4}^{2-}$cluster, excluding one that mercury is adsorbed at bridge active site, can lead to the decrease in the adsorption energies of mercury on the carbonaceous surface,${\rm SO}_{4}^{2-}$cluster presents a negative effect on the capacity of the carbonaceous surface for mercury adsorption regardless of the concentration of${\rm SO}_{4}^{2-}$cluster. The results also indicate thatSO2cluster and surface oxygen complex can be formed fromSO4cluster with or without charge if mercury is adsorbed at bridge active site, which facilitates the mercury removal for the carbonaceous surface.

Keywords: Mercury; sulfuric acid; charge; adsorption; carbonaceous surface (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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