Mercury in natural gas streams: A review of materials and processes for abatement and remediation
| Autor: | Deshetti Jampaiah, Suresh K. Bhargava, Anastasios Chalkidis, Patrick G. Hartley, Ylias M. Sabri |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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021110 strategic
defence & security studies Environmental Engineering Waste management Environmental remediation business.industry Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Natural-gas processing 0211 other engineering and technologies chemistry.chemical_element 02 engineering and technology 010501 environmental sciences Contamination 01 natural sciences Pollution Renewable energy Clean-up Mercury (element) chemistry Natural gas Greenhouse gas Environmental Chemistry Environmental science business Waste Management and Disposal 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Hazardous Materials. 382:121036 |
| ISSN: | 0304-3894 |
| Popis: | The role of natural gas in mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and advancing renewable energy resource integration is undoubtedly critical. With the progress of hydrocarbons exploration and production, the target zones become deeper and the possibility of mercury contamination increases. This impacts on the industry from health and safety risks, due to corrosion and contamination of equipment, to catalyst poisoning and toxicity through emissions to the environment. Especially mercury embrittlement, being a significant problem in LNG plants using aluminum cryogenic heat exchangers, has led to catastrophic plant incidents worldwide. The aim of this review is to critically discuss the conventional and alternative materials as well as the processes employed for mercury removal during gas processing. Moreover, comments on studies examining the geological occurrence of mercury species are included, the latest developments regarding the detection, sampling and measurement are presented and updated information with respect to mercury speciation and solubility is displayed. Clean up and passivation techniques as well as disposal methods for mercury-containing waste are also explained. Most importantly, the environmental as well as the health and safety implications are addressed, and areas that require further research are pinpointed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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