Mercury removal from flue gas using nitrate as an electron acceptor in a membrane biofilm reactor  

作　　者：Zaishan Wei Meiru Tang Zhenshan Huang Huaiyong Jiao 

机构地区：[1]School of Environmental Science and Engineering,Sun Yat-sen University,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology,Guangzhou 510275,China

出　　处：《Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering》2022年第2期63-74,共12页环境科学与工程前沿（英文）

基　　金：The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(No.2019B1515120021);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.21677178).

摘　　要：Mercury(Hg^(0))is a hazardous air pollutant for its toxicity,and bioaccumulation.This study reported that membrane biofilm reactor achieved mercury removal from flue gas using nitrate as the electron acceptor.Hg^(0) removal efficiency was up to 88.7%in 280 days of operation.Oxygen content in flue gas affected mercury redox reactions,mercury biooxidation and microbial methylation.The biological mercury oxidation increased with the increase of oxygen concentration(2%‒17%),methylation of mercury reduced with the increase of oxygen concentration.The dominant bacteria at oxygen concentration of 2%,6%,17%,21%were Halomonas,Anaerobacillus,Halomonas and Pseudomonas,respectively.The addition of ferrous sulfide could immobilize Hg^(2+) effectively,and make both Hg^(2+) and MeHg transform into HgS-like substances,which could achieve the inhibition effect of methylation,and promote conversion of mercury.The dominant bacteria changed from Halomonas to Planctopirus after FeS addition.Nitrate drives mercury oxidation through katE,katG,nar,nir,nor,and nos for Hg^(0) removal in flue gas.

关 键 词：Mercury removal OXYGEN Ferrous sulfide Transformation of mercury Microbial community 

分 类 号：X70[环境科学与工程—环境工程]