Abstract:
Mercury release and speciation behavior during coal pyrolysis with the addition of calcium chloride in different chlorine contents of 0.1%,0.3% and 0.5% in mass was studied in a temperature-programmed tube furnace. The concentration of gaseous mercury was monitored online with an online mercury analyzer. The results show that the temperature is a key factor for the mercury releasing during coal pyrolysis. With the rising of calcium chloride addition in coal, the percentage of Hg
2+ increases, while the temperature of maximum mercury releasing and the release of total mercury decrease. The percentage of Hg
2+ also increases to some degrees with the increase of O
2 percentage raised. Higher heating rate can promote the mercury release in coal and enhance the proportion of Hg
2+ in flue gas. The study indicates that the calcium chloride addition into the low-chlorine coal can enhance the oxidation of Hg
0.