DAY 1 Wednesday 16th June
Opening remarks and welcome on behalf of the sponsors/organisers:
Lesley Sloss; IEA CCC, Bob Kalin: DLCS, Strathclyde University
SESSION 1: MERCURY LEGISLATION AND EMISSIONS
Cochaired by Peter Nelson and Helen Keenan
Update on US EPA position on mercury
Nick Hutson, US EPA
Nova Scotia Power Mercury Capture Experience
Doug Campbell, Nova Scotia Power, Canada
Survey on mercury emissions from coal combustion boilers in China
Tsuyoshi Teramae, Idemitsu Kosan, Japan
SESSION 2: MERCURY MEASUREMENT
Cochaired by John Pavlish and Henk te Winkel
Analytical aspects of mercury emission, deposition and environmental contamination from the Polish perspective
Januzs Golas, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Mercury in coal: geochemical aspects
Nikolay Mashyanov, Lumex Ltd and Nina Ozerova, IGEM, Russia
Analysis and cleaning technologies for mercury and other hazardous trace elements in coal (introduction of NEDO Project 20072010)
Akira Ohki, Kagoshima University, Japan
Experience with mercury field measurements using USEPA Reference Mercury Emissions from Coal [MEC7] Glasgow, 2010 Method 30b/30A
Joseph Siperstein, Ohio Lumex, USA
SESSION 3: MERCURY BEHAVIOUR AND CONTROL IN EXISTING
PLANT CONFIGURATIONS
Cochaired by Hiroshi Moritomi and Will Quick
Differential electrostatic precipitation behaviour and implications for mercury emissions control.
Herek Clack, Illinois University of Techology, USA
Oxidation, reemission and mass distribution of mercury in coalfired power plants with SCR, CSESP and wet FGD
Yongchil Seo and Deepak Pudasainee, Yonsei University, Korea
Catalytic oxidation of Hg0 in wet FGD by air and the fate of Hg2+ in the absorber solution
Andrej Stergarsek, Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia
Volatile trace elements of concern captured in fly ash particles and FGD in coal combustion power plant – mercury, boron and selenium
Shigeo Ito, CRIEPI, Japan
SESSION 4: MERCURY CONTROL HALOGENS
Cochaired by Nick Hutson and Andrej Stergarsek
Process chemistry of Br addition to utility flue gas for Hg emission and control
Stephen Niksa, Niksa Energy Associates, USA
Gasphase mercury oxidation by halogens: effects of bromine and chlorine
Connie Senior, Reaction Engineering, USA
Native halogens in US coals and Chinese coals – low chlorine coals need bromide addition for effective mercury capture
Bernhard Vosteen, Vosteen Consulting GmbH, Germany
DAY 2 Thursday 17th June
UNEP WORKSHOP COMBINED MEETING OF MEC7, UNEP COAL
PARTNERSHIP AND UNEP FATE AND TRANSPORT PARTNERSHIP
Cochaired by Nicola Pirrone and Lesley Sloss
Status of current Mercury Air Transport and Fate Research Partnership activities
Nicola Pirrone, Italy
Update on UNEP Hg Programme
Gunnar Futsaeter, UNEP Chemicals, Geneva
UNEP Coal Combustion Partnership Area Activities Prior to 2013 Global Mercury Treaty
Wojchiek Jozewicz, Arcadis, USA
The UNEP Paragraph 29 study – scenarios for global emissions of mercury from four sectors
John Munthe, IVL, Swede
Development of an inventory for mercury emissions in Australia
Peter Nelson, Macquarrie University, Australia
Update on the UNEP inventory and coal partnership work in China
Ye Wu, Tsinghua University, China
Update on UNEP inventory work in South Africa
Greg Scott, DEAE, South Africa
Discussion of Coal Partnership Business plan (optional for those interested/involved in the UNEP Coal Partnership)
Update on UNEP inventory work in Russia
Alexander Romanov, SRI Atmosphere, Russi
Report on Canadian projects
Heather Morrison, Environment Canada, Canada
Report on USA Projects
Nick Hutson, US EPA, US
Report on Japanese projects
Noriyuki Suzuki, NIES, Japan
DAY 3 – Friday 18 th Jun
SESSION 5: MERCURY CONTROL SORBENTS
Cochaired by Connie Senior and Steve Niksa
Microstructure of MnO2Ca(OH)2 composites and its mercury adsorption characteristics
Yufeng Duan, Southeast University, China
High temperature mineralbased sorbents for mercuryprogress and problems
Jost Wendt, University of Utah, USA
Largescale demonstrations of mercury capture by adding powdered activated carbon to the WFGD and bromide to the coal at a power plant in Germany
Thomas Riethmann, Evonik Energy Services GmbH, Germany (No paper available)
Advanced AQCS for controlling mercury
Hirofumi Kikkawa, Kure Research Lab, BabcockHitachi KK, Japan
Experimental study on mercury removal by noncarbon sorbents
Yuqun Zhuo, Tsinghua University, China
SESSION 6: MERCURY CONTROL IN ALTERNATIVE SYSTEMS
Cochaired by David Fitzgerald and Harald Thorwarth
Advances in activated carbon for mercury removal from coalfired power plants and cement kilns
Sharon McGee and Wolfgang Hardtke, Albemarle Corp, USA & Germany
Mercury in oxyfuel combustion
Stanley Santos, IEA GHG, UK
Mercury measurement and control in a CO2enriched flue gas
John Pavlish, EERC, USA
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