Mercury removal using various modified V/Ti-based SCR catalysts: A review

J Hazard Mater. 2022 Aug 15:436:129115. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.129115. Epub 2022 May 14.

Abstract

Growing levels of mercury pollution has made countries urgently need a suitable mercury treatment technology. Among various technologies, heterogeneous oxidative mercury removal via different modified V/Ti-based SCR catalysts is considered as a promising approach due to excellent economic value and removal efficiency. Although various related modification experiments have been worked in recent years, the research on the performance, including activity and resistance, and mechanism of catalysts still needs to be improved, so it is necessary to summarize these experiments to guide further work. This article will review many modifications start from the V/Ti catalyst. Not only the performance of these catalysts, but also a lot of speculation about the mercury removal mechanism are include in our research. In addition, the characteristics of some modified catalysts have been linked with their oxidation mechanism and structural changes by comparing many studies, and finally attributed to some special properties of the corresponding modifiers. We expect this study will clarify the research progress of modified V/Ti-based SCR catalysts in mercury removal, and guide future modification so that some properties of the catalyst can be improved in a targeted manner.

Keywords: Catalytic mechanism; Doping modification; Gas composition resistance; Hg(0) Removal; Vanadium-Titanium-based catalysts.

Publication types

  • Review