Abstract: Method for reducing mercury emissions from coal-fired combustion comprising staging of a combustion unit to remove mercury with fly ash from the flue gas, introducing activated carbon to remove mercury from the flue gas, and collecting the fly ash, activated carbon, and associated mercury in a particulate control device.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 2, 2005
Date of Patent:
November 18, 2008
Assignee:
General Electric Company
Inventors:
Vitali Lissianski, Randy Seeker, Peter M. Maly