Absorption kinetics of mercury (II) chloride into water and aqueous sodium chloride solution

Mercury has been reported to be naturally occurring trace contaminant in the oil and gas reservoirs. In this study, the absorption characteristic of mercury (II) chloride (HgCl 2 ) in water and aqueous sodium chloride (NaCl) solution was investigated. The kinetic parameters of the reaction between H...

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Main Authors: Kho, F., Pham, Gia
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/67230
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description Mercury has been reported to be naturally occurring trace contaminant in the oil and gas reservoirs. In this study, the absorption characteristic of mercury (II) chloride (HgCl 2 ) in water and aqueous sodium chloride (NaCl) solution was investigated. The kinetic parameters of the reaction between HgCl 2 and NaCl is reported for the first time. A semi-batch reactor is used in this work to investigate the absorption process. The solid vaporization method is applied to generate HgCl 2 gas at different concentrations for this study. At the same hydrodynamic condition, the absorption flux of HgCl 2 into water increases from 6.02 × 10 -6 to 10.26 × 10 -6 mol/m 2 .h when absorption temperature is increased from 298 to 333 K. Applying the two-film theory, the absorption of HgCl 2 into water is controlled by the gas phase resistance. The mass transfer coefficient k G does not change with the HgCl 2 concentration in the gas phase significantly, but is affected by the absorption temperature. For the case of absorption of HgCl 2 into aqueous NaCl solution, the absorption flux increases with increasing NaCl concentration and absorption temperature. The mechanism of reaction between HgCl 2 and NaCl is proposed and the reaction rate law follows second order; first order with respect to HgCl 2 and Cl - with the reaction rate constant k 2 =1.09×10 9 exp[Formula presented] m 3 /mol·s.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-672302018-12-03T06:15:40Z Absorption kinetics of mercury (II) chloride into water and aqueous sodium chloride solution Kho, F. Pham, Gia Mercury has been reported to be naturally occurring trace contaminant in the oil and gas reservoirs. In this study, the absorption characteristic of mercury (II) chloride (HgCl 2 ) in water and aqueous sodium chloride (NaCl) solution was investigated. The kinetic parameters of the reaction between HgCl 2 and NaCl is reported for the first time. A semi-batch reactor is used in this work to investigate the absorption process. The solid vaporization method is applied to generate HgCl 2 gas at different concentrations for this study. At the same hydrodynamic condition, the absorption flux of HgCl 2 into water increases from 6.02 × 10 -6 to 10.26 × 10 -6 mol/m 2 .h when absorption temperature is increased from 298 to 333 K. Applying the two-film theory, the absorption of HgCl 2 into water is controlled by the gas phase resistance. The mass transfer coefficient k G does not change with the HgCl 2 concentration in the gas phase significantly, but is affected by the absorption temperature. For the case of absorption of HgCl 2 into aqueous NaCl solution, the absorption flux increases with increasing NaCl concentration and absorption temperature. The mechanism of reaction between HgCl 2 and NaCl is proposed and the reaction rate law follows second order; first order with respect to HgCl 2 and Cl - with the reaction rate constant k 2 =1.09×10 9 exp[Formula presented] m 3 /mol·s. 2018 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/67230 10.1016/j.fuproc.2018.02.017 Elsevier restricted
spellingShingle Kho, F.
Pham, Gia
Absorption kinetics of mercury (II) chloride into water and aqueous sodium chloride solution
title Absorption kinetics of mercury (II) chloride into water and aqueous sodium chloride solution
title_full Absorption kinetics of mercury (II) chloride into water and aqueous sodium chloride solution
title_fullStr Absorption kinetics of mercury (II) chloride into water and aqueous sodium chloride solution
title_full_unstemmed Absorption kinetics of mercury (II) chloride into water and aqueous sodium chloride solution
title_short Absorption kinetics of mercury (II) chloride into water and aqueous sodium chloride solution
title_sort absorption kinetics of mercury (ii) chloride into water and aqueous sodium chloride solution
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/67230