Catalyst for reducing mercury, a mercury conversion unit, and an apparatus for measuring total mercury in combustion exhaust gas by using the same

Abstract

The present invention relates to a catalyst for reducing mercury, which comprises a reagent comprising any of the sulfites of potassium, sodium, calcium and magnesium, or any of the phosphates thereof, or a combination of them, as a main reagent of a catalyst component. And the present invention relates to the catalyst for reducing mercury, wherein the catalyst component is mixed with a different salt as an agent for inhibiting crystallization of the catalyst component.

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RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This is a divisional application of U.S. Ser. No. 11 / 724,540, filed on Mar. 15, 2007, which claims priority from Japanese Application No. 2006-097630 filed Mar. 31, 2006.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]The present invention relates to a catalyst for reducing mercury, a mercury conversion unit and an apparatus for measuring total mercury in exhaust gas by using the same, and relates in particular to a catalyst for reducing mercury, a mercury conversion unit and an apparatus for measuring total mercury in exhaust gas by using the same, wherein total mercury in coal combustion exhaust gas for example is measured.[0004]2. Description of the Related Art[0005]As an apparatus for measuring total metal mercury in combustion exhaust gas, there has been conventionally used an apparatus for measuring total mercury for a fixed source by using a continuous measurement method or a dilution measurement method of using a gold amalgam catchin...

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Benefits of technology

[0018]That is, (A) with respect to the selectivity, a catalyst component comprising the reagent of the present invention as a main reagent reacts with a mercury compound (bifunctional) thereby exerting a reducing action selectively on the mercury compound. It was also found that the reagent of the present invention is poor in reactivity with acidic substances, thus eliminating the poisoning action, on the catalyst, of acidic substances such as SO2 and NO2 contained in a large amount in coal combustion exhaust gas. The present invention can secure a highly selective catalyst for reducing mercury by utilizing these findings.

[0033]According to the present invention, there can be provided a catalyst for reducing mercury and a mercury conversion unit capable of maintaining high reducing function even in the coexistence of various metal oxides and strongly acidic corrosive gases such as coal combustion exhaust gas, which has conventionally been difficult as described above. There can also be provided an apparatus for measuring total mercury in exhaust gas, which is capable of continuous measurement with high accuracy and stability for a long time without being influenced by coexisting components.

Problems solved by technology

As described above, when various metal oxides or strongly acidic corrosive gases such as in coal combustion exhaust gas are coexistent, continuous measurement with catalyst performance maintained without undergoing the influence of coexisting components is hardly feasible with the conventional apparatus for measuring total mercury.

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