Distribution of trace elements in selected pulverized coals as a function of particle size and density

Fuel processing technology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 215-241

  Senior, C L ^a   Zeng, T ^b   Che, J ^b   Ames, M R ^b   Sarofim, A F ^b   Olmez, I ^b   Huggins, F E ^c   Shah, N ^c   Huffman, G P ^c   Kolker, A ^d   Mroczkowski, S ^d   Palmer, C ^d   Finkelman, R ^d  

^a PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; COAL PREPARATION; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); LEACHING; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PULVERIZED FUEL; PYRITES; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

PULVERIZED COALS;

COAL COMBUSTION;

EID: 0033882432     PISSN: 03783820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3820(99)00098-3     Document Type: Article

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