Petroleum coke containing 5.85 wt% S was used to prepare a brominated sorbent to capture Hg from flue gas. HgBr and Hg(Br)Br are the primary chemical forms chemisorbed on the surface of this new carbon-based sorbent, and bind on the carbon site nearest to the S atom.
Understanding the effect of thiophene sulfur on brominated petroleum coke for elemental mercury capture from flue gases