Emission and Partitioning of Mercury at Various Combustion Sources

Abstract:- While some advanced countries have paid much attention on mercury emission and it’s hazard with regulating major anthropogenic sources, Korea has not been concerning on mercury issues until recent years. The first attempt to develop the emission inventory from major sources of mercury such as coal power plants and incinerators was made by the authors ’ team with Korean Ministry of Environment. At the same time several research organizations including Korea Electric Power Research Institute have made to investigate the status of emission and related control technologies. Very brief inventory data have been obtained so far with their speciation and behaviour to understand the effectiveness of existing air pollution control devices to handle mercury in the processes. The paper will deal with the emission characteristics of mercury from Korean combustion facilities which are coal power plants, waste incinerators and cement kilns with showing speciation changes and mass distribution of mercury in each plant