A sorbent composition for pelletized carbon products having high strength and water resistance is disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of producing and using sorbent compositions of pelletized carbon products having higher strength and water resistance. Other embodiments include a system and method for removing contaminants from a process gas stream.

A wet scrubber at least comprises a treatment tank, a jet pipe, a gas-liquid separation component, and a spray component. The treatment tank is used to contain a cleaning solution. The jet pipe is disposed in the treatment tank, by injecting the cleaning solution to suck in an exhaust gas, and mixing the cleaning solution with the exhaust gas, and directly injecting into the cleaning solution contained in the treatment tank, thereby forming a plurality of microbubbles in the cleaning solution to dissolve the exhaust gas and capture solid particles in the exhaust gas. The gas-liquid separation component is used to filter and block water mist raised in the cleaning solution. The spray component is used to prevent the solid particles from clogging the gas-liquid separation component.

A system and apparatus for treating and disposing of produced water in conjunction with gas turbine exhaust gas, thereby avoiding problems associated with injecting produced water back into subsurface strata. The system is installed at or near the wellhead where produced water being treated is at a higher temperatures. Produced water is treated with ozone injection in a scrubber with heat applied through introduction of gas turbine exhaust gas. A wet scrubber unit with scrubber packing is used to clean emissions. A produced water pump is used to circulate produced water, and pump produced water through spray nozzles in the scrubber unit for use as the wet scrubbing agent. As produced water evaporates, evaporated salts and solids are continuously removed from the evaporator/scrubber unit by appropriate means, such as an auger system. The evaporated salts and solids are then treated via chemical stabilization in a mixing system with chemical reagents to prevent the residual form from being hazardous. The residual material is then stored and disposed of properly.

A method for the use of a gaseous effluent containing a CO.sub.2 gas fraction and a non-CO.sub.2 gas fraction, including at a first location: providing liquid nitrogen at a temperature less than −196° C., and causing the gaseous effluent to contact the liquid nitrogen to as to capture at least part of the CO.sub.2 present in the CO.sub.2 gas fraction as a mixture of CO.sub.2 particles and liquid nitrogen. Conveying at least part of the mixture to a second location, and at the second location, bringing the mixture into contact with one or more ingredients of a wet concrete before and/or during and/or after the wet concrete is prepared by blending the ingredients of the wet concrete in a blender, so that the mixture extracts heat from said one or more ingredients of the wet concrete, and CO.sub.2 from the mixture partially carbonates Ca-compounds present in the wet concrete.

There is provided a system for energy storage and CO.sub.2 capture. The system comprises CaO/CaCO.sub.3, a carbonator (1) adapted to react CaO with CO.sub.2 to produce CaCO.sub.3, at least one CaCO.sub.3 storage container (2) for receiving and storing the CaCO.sub.3 produced in the carbonator (1), wherein the CaCO.sub.3 storage container (2) is configured to be transportable such that the CaCO.sub.3 can be supplied to a geographical location (3) remote from the carbonator (1) for CO.sub.2 release.

A process is provided using a concentrated sodium bicarbonate solution as a solubilizer mixed with a calcium hydroxide to chemically produce an insoluble calcium carbonate and produce an alkaline liquid solution, then passing the alkaline liquid solution through detrimental gases in a scrubber to produce an enhanced sodium bicarbonate which regenerates the sodium bicarbonate thus creating a continuous closed loop. The process can also produce a sodium phosphate (trisodium phosphate) by mixing the alkaline liquid solution with a phosphoric acid.

Some aspects of the present disclosure relate to a method comprising obtaining a sorbent polymer composite material, contacting the sorbent polymer composite material with mercury vapor to form a used sorbent polymer composite material; wherein the used sorbent polymer composite material comprises oxidized mercury and wherein the used sorbent polymer composite material emits oxidized mercury vapor; and contacting the used sorbent polymer composite material with a halogen source, so as to result in a treated sorbent polymer composite material. In some embodiments, the treated sorbent polymer composite material emits less than 0.01 μg oxidized mercury vapor per minute per gram of the treated sorbent polymer composite, compared to a used sorbent polymer composite, when measured at 65° C. in air having a relative humidity of 95%.

A method for preparing hydrogen sulfide from sulfur dioxide by electrochemical reduction includes electrochemically reducing sulfur dioxide absorbed in an aqueous solution into gaseous hydrogen sulfide with a membrane electrode, resulting in efficient and selective conversion of the sulfur dioxide absorbed in the aqueous solution into the hydrogen sulfide to avoid a deactivation of a cathode due to colloidal sulfur produced on the cathode and adhesion onto a surface of the cathode, wherein the method is carried out at ambient temperature and normal pressure without addition of a reducing agent, having no waste salts produced, and is simple in operation, and is convenient for large-scale application.

Disclosed are a flue gas purification and waste heat utilization system and method. The system comprises a flue gas exhaust unit, a primary waste heat utilization unit, a primary flue gas purification unit, a secondary waste heat utilization unit and a secondary flue gas purification unit that are sequentially connected in a flue gas flow direction, wherein the primary flue gas purification unit is configured for removing NO.sub.x, large particles and CO in the flue gas, the secondary flue gas purification unit is configured for removing NO.sub.x and dioxin in the flue gas, an ammonia-spraying device is externally connected between the flue gas exhaust unit and the primary waste heat utilization unit, and the ammonia-spraying device is configured for injecting ammonia gas into the flue gas exhausted from the flue gas exhaust unit.

There is provided a structurally stable monolith substrate, suitable to provide carbon dioxide capture structure for removing carbon dioxide from air, having two major opposed surfaces, and further having a plurality of longitudinal channels extending between and opening through the two major opposed surfaces of the structurally stable monolith substrate; and a macroporous coating, adhered to the interior wall surfaces of the longitudinal channels, comprising an adherent, coating formed of cohered, compact mesoporous particles each being formed of a material that is compatible with the material forming the underlying substrate structure so as to become adherent thereto when coated. The mesoporous particles are capable of supporting in their mesopores a sorbent for CO.sub.2 There is also provided a method for forming the monolith and a system for utilizing the monolith as part of a CO.sub.2 capture structure, within the system, to remove CO.sub.2 from the atmosphere.