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  • Chemical Engineering
  • Materials Science

Background:

  • Mercury emissions from polyvinyl chloride (PVC) production present significant environmental concerns.
  • Existing methods struggle to quantify mercury speciation in reactive C2H2/HCl atmospheres.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate an advanced operando mercury speciation platform for PVC production.
  • To mechanistically investigate mercury emission pathways and quantify mercury loss.

Main Methods:

  • Optimization of the Ontario Hydro method (OHM) to create the PVC-OHM platform.
  • Simultaneous real-time detection of elemental mercury (Hg0) and divalent mercury (Hg2+) with high sensitivity.
  • Mechanistic investigation of mercury escape pathways under industrially relevant conditions.

Main Results:

  • The PVC-OHM platform achieved high sensitivity (0.12 μg/m3) for Hg0 and Hg2+ detection.
  • Identified three dominant mercury escape pathways: thermal desorption (80% of total Hg loss), C2H2-driven reductive decomposition, and chlorine adsorption-induced desorption.
  • Quantified significant mercury loss (3.08 mg Hg0 and 9.01 mg Hg2+ per gram of catalyst) linked to thermal gradients (250-300 °C).

Conclusions:

  • Established the first experimentally validated framework for mercury fate prediction in carbide-based PVC synthesis.
  • Highlighted the critical role of localized thermal gradients in mercury emissions.
  • Proposed actionable strategies for emission control, including hotspot mitigation and coordination environment optimization.