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The Mercury Emission Control Department (MEC) deals with questions concerning the measurement of Hg. Learn more about technologies for Hg reduction in flue gas, especially developed for your process.

Our R&D department will be pleased to support you with expertise from the evaluation of the actual state to demo-tests with our mobile test equipment at your plant up to the realization of a turnkey large plant. In this blog you will find the latest news about mercury.

Our team of experts around Dr. Jan Schütze will assist you with advice.

3D-Modell Der Aktivkohledosierung Im Kraftwerk Schkopau — 3D model of the activated carbon dosing system at the Schkopau power plant

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21. November 2020
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Schematic Of A Waste To Energy Plant With Marked Sampling Points. For The SCR Catalysts, Both Installation Locations Are Shown As A Possibility.

Measurement Technology in Waste to Energy Plants

21. October 2021
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As a result of the amendment to the 17th BlmSchV and the TA Luft, tighter emission limits will apply in some cases from mid-2022. (See Table 1 and Table 2). This makes retrofitting or at least the verification of flue…

Wonderbed – new mobile test station

5. February 2021
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Since September 2021, a new test stand will complement the IEM test portfolio for the reduction of Hg emissions. A mobile test stand was manufactured to familiarize with the moving bed technology and to pre-select suitable materials for the moving…

New Solution Approach For High Hg Deposition Rates

Preparing for stricter emissions limit

24. November 2020
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Since August 2018, stricter mercury emission limits (range 1-7 µg/Nm³) are expected for coal combustion from the implementation of the BREF documents into German law. If the lower limits are pushed, this will be associated with capture rates of 80-95%…

How to Eliminate Mercury in Transit

4. October 2018
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Dr. Jan Schütze is head of the Mercury Emissions Control Department at IEM. He is one of the few experts in the field of mercury removal in power plants. In this interview, he talks about his vision: to reduce the…

Model Of The Schkopau Power Plant, Exhibited In The Reception Hall Of The Power Plant

Project Schkopau construction in fast motion

13. July 2018
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13 July 2018: Excavators and trucks scurry like ants in this video showing work on the foundations of the new facility.

Activated Carbon Pellets Under A Scanning Electron Microscope (Photo: Mydriatic, CC BY-SA 3.0)

Active in the power plant – with activated carbon

12. July 2018
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Activated carbon acts like a sponge: it absorbs toxic substances, which can later be easily removed together with the activated carbon. Thanks to this process, the lignite-fired power plant in Schkopau will reduce its mercury emissions by two-thirds and thus…

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Mercury limit values agreements

2. May 2018
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Lignite-fired power plants in Germany must adhere to certain limits that restrict mercury emissions. This chart shows exactly what these are and when they apply.

“Doing good and talking about it.”

2. May 2018
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At the power plant in Schkopau, IEM ConveyingSystems is building a complex cleaning system that will remove mercury from the exhaust gases by means of activated carbon. In an interview, Ralf Zander (CEO) explains why he doesn't believe much in…

One team, one power plant, one mission

15. March 2018
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The company IEM is building a plant that permanently reduces mercury emissions from a lignite-fired power plant, the first plant in Germany that can do this.

Anteile In Der Kohle Aus Dem Tagebau Profen

What does lignite consist of?

10. March 2018
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It is also called black gold, but chemically this is not correct. You can't find this precious metal in coal.

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