A representative sampling of tuna muscle for mercury control

The mechanisms of mercury accumulation and distribution in fish tissues are related to its high affinity for sulfhydryl groups in proteins. There is evidence that mercury is distributed unevenly based on the different reactivity of these groups in the various muscle proteins. Tuna fish also shows numerous specialized anatomical features including the structure of the swimming muscles and some form of endothermy, which generates variations in the mercury content between dark and white muscle and between muscle tissues with different lipid content. The aim of the study is to verify, through a suitable sub lot of Thunnus thynnus caught by a static trap in south-western Sardinia, the effective uneven distribution of mercury in the various muscles and also identify the sites representative of the entire carcass. In agreement with other authors, the results show that even in the Bluefin tuna of the Mediterranean, the site “anterior extremity of upper loin (schienale in Italian)” is representative of the mercury average content of muscle tissues as a whole.

Optimization and in-house validation of the TDA-AAS method for mercury control in water and wastewater treatment plant sludges

The validated thermal decomposition–amalgamation-atomic absorption spectrophotometry method as an adequate tool for the control of mercury in sludges.

Effect of HBr formation on mercury oxidation via CaBr2 addition to coal during combustion

Adding CaBr2 to coal to enhance elemental mercury (Hg0) oxidation during combustion has been an effective mercury control technology, but the added CaBr2 may increase levels of noxious Br2 or HBr gases in flue gas.

The Mercury Emission of Flue Gas from Cement Kiln Control Technology Research

Mercury emissions from cement plants has attracted the attention of the world, the United States and the European Union and other developed countries have already made strictly limitations of mercury emission from cement plants,China has also been developed to limitation of mercury emission from cement plants. Mercury of cement plants comes mainly from coal and raw materials.,and mercury from flue gas can be removed by removal equipment, so you can use mercury control technology to remove mercury in flue gas. Depending on the different size and raw materials, of the plants, and mercury emissions under different conditions is not the same, so there is no mature mercury removal technology can be applied directly.1 Overview

Novel Sorbents and their Sorptive Properties for Mercury Emissions Control of Coal-Fired Flue Gas

Mercury is a striking pollutant and mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants are under environmental regulation. The primary objective of mercury abatement in coal-fired power plants is to remove elemental mercury. Sorbent injection is one of the major commercially available technologies for mercury control from coal fired power plants and activated carbon is the most commonly employed sorbent. Modified activated carbons have been found to exhibit high mercury emission reduction efficiency. Noble metal and metal oxides also showed excellent mercury adsorption capacity. Fly ash, a waste product from coal-fired solid wastes, may be an excellent adsorbent owing to its low cost and abundance. There is no consistent evidence for the adsorption mechanism of mercury on modified activated carbon; a popular view is that the sorption mechanism is combination of physisorption and chemisorption.