Various embodiments disclosed relate to sorbents for the oxidation and removal of mercury. The present invention includes removing mercury from a mercury-containing gas using a halide-promoted and optionally ammonium-protected sorbent that can include carbon sorbent, non-carbon sorbent, or a combination thereof.

A sorbent composition that is useful for injection into a flue gas stream of a coal burning furnace to efficiently remove mercury from the flue gas stream. The sorbent composition may include a sorbent with an associated ancillary catalyst component that is a catalytic metal, a precursor to a catalytic metal, a catalytic metal compound or a precursor to a catalytic metal compound. Alternatively, a catalytic metal or metal compound, or their precursors, may be admixed with the coal feedstock prior to or during combustion in the furnace, or may be independently injected into a flue gas stream. A catalytic promoter may also be used to enhance the performance of the catalytic metal or metal compound.

A sorbent composition that is useful for injection into a flue gas stream of a coal burning furnace to efficiently remove mercury from the flue gas stream. The sorbent composition may include a sorbent with an associated ancillary catalyst component that is a catalytic metal, a precursor to a catalytic metal, a catalytic metal compound or a precursor to a catalytic metal compound. Alternatively, a catalytic metal or metal compound, or their precursors, may be admixed with the coal feedstock prior to or during combustion in the furnace, or may be independently injected into a flue gas stream. A catalytic promoter may also be used to enhance the performance of the catalytic metal or metal compound.

Reactive sorber is a flow sorption column for purification of gases at pressures till hundreds of bars by way of chemical capturing of impurities by metallic powder reactant (6). The powder is continuously rubbed in the process of mechanical stirring and is sorted with the help of a filtering divider (8) into two fractions, activated particles and exhausted material (12). The latter is removed into a waste collector (11, 13), which has a level meter calibrated in the units of purity of the gas exiting from the sorber.

Reactive sorber is a flow sorption column for purification of gases at pressures till hundreds of bars by way of chemical capturing of impurities by metallic powder reactant (6). The powder is continuously rubbed in the process of mechanical stirring and is sorted with the help of a filtering divider (8) into two fractions, activated particles and exhausted material (12). The latter is removed into a waste collector (11, 13), which has a level meter calibrated in the units of purity of the gas exiting from the sorber.

A sorbent composition that is useful for injection into a flue gas stream of a coal burning furnace to efficiently remove mercury from the flue gas stream. The sorbent composition may include a sorbent with an associated ancillary catalyst component that is a catalytic metal, a precursor to a catalytic metal, a catalytic metal compound or a precursor to a catalytic metal compound. Alternatively, a catalytic metal or metal compound, or their precursors, may be admixed with the coal feedstock prior to or during combustion in the furnace, or may be independently injected into a flue gas stream. A catalytic promoter may also be used to enhance the performance of the catalytic metal or metal compound.

A sorbent composition that is useful for injection into a flue gas stream of a coal burning furnace to efficiently remove mercury from the flue gas stream. The sorbent composition may include a sorbent with an associated ancillary catalyst component that is a catalytic metal, a precursor to a catalytic metal, a catalytic metal compound or a precursor to a catalytic metal compound. Alternatively, a catalytic metal or metal compound, or their precursors, may be admixed with the coal feedstock prior to or during combustion in the furnace, or may be independently injected into a flue gas stream. A catalytic promoter may also be used to enhance the performance of the catalytic metal or metal compound.

The invention relates to a reactor for cleaning flue gases by a dry or quasi-dry sorption process, comprising a flue gas inlet (1) at the bottom of the reactor, an outlet (2) at the top of the reactor, a dry sorbent injection system (3) with at least one dry sorbent outlet (4) for injecting dry sorbent into the reactor, the at least one dry sorbent outlet (4) being arranged between the flue gas inlet (1) and the outlet (2).

The invention relates to a reactor for cleaning flue gases by a dry or quasi-dry sorption process, comprising a flue gas inlet (1) at the bottom of the reactor, an outlet (2) at the top of the reactor, a dry sorbent injection system (3) with at least one dry sorbent outlet (4) for injecting dry sorbent into the reactor, the at least one dry sorbent outlet (4) being arranged between the flue gas inlet (1) and the outlet (2).

Systems and methods for generating power using hydrogen fuel, such as derived from natural gas, are provided. Feed materials are introduced into a compact hydrogen generator to produce carbon dioxide, hydrogen gas and steam. Sorbent material within the compact hydrogen generator acts to absorb carbon dioxide, forming a used sorbent. Hydrogen gas and steam are separated from the used sorbent and passed to a power generator such as a hydrogen turbine to produce power. The used sorbent is introduced into a calciner and heated to desorb carbon dioxide and form a regenerated sorbent which can be recycled to the compact hydrogen generator.