The invention relates to a method for activating and regenerating a mercury-removing adsorbent for
metal sulfides. The main body of
metal sulfides is moderately soaked in an activation solution composed of a
divalent copper salt solution, followed by separation, cleaning and
drying to complete the process. Activation of the
sorbent, which is then used to adsorb mercury from the gas
stream. When the adsorbent is deactivated due to adsorption saturation of mercury, the adsorbed mercury is released through heat treatment, and mercury is recovered as a resource. The heat-treated adsorbent is immersed in the activation solution again to complete the regeneration of
metal sulfides. Compared with the prior art, in addition to the synthesized metal
sulfide, the present invention can also directly use cheap natural metal
sulfide ore as the main body of the adsorbent. The
mercury adsorption performance of metal sulfides can be greatly enhanced by activation, and at the same time, the regeneration of metal sulfides after
mercury adsorption can be realized. While achieving high-efficiency capture of
flue gas mercury, the amount of adsorbent is greatly reduced, thereby reducing the consumption cost of adsorbent and the implementation difficulty of adsorption and mercury removal technology.