Photochemical removal of mercury from flue gas

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 41, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 5470-5476

  Granite, Evan J ^a   Pennline, Henry W ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUE GASES; OXIDATION; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; QUARTZ; SCRUBBERS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VAPORS;

SCRUBBER-BASED PROCESSES;

MERCURY (METAL);

COAL; MERCURY; NITROGEN; SORBENT;

FLUE GAS; MERCURY; PHOTOCHEMICAL TREATMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMBUSTION; FLUE GAS; LIGHT INTENSITY; OXIDATION; PHOTOCHEMICAL QUENCHING; SIMULATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0037202192     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie020251b     Document Type: Article

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