Mercury emissions from high-temperature sources in the NY/NJ Hudson-Raritan Basin

Annual North American Waste to Energy Conference, NAWTEC

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 205-216

  Themelis, N J ^a   Gregory, A F ^a  

^a Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC EMISSIONS; WASTE-TO-ENERGY (WTE) PLANTS; ACADEMIES OF SCIENCE; CURRENT EMISSIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCESS; HIGHEST TEMPERATURE; IRON AND STEEL; MERCURY EMISSIONS; NEW YORK; PRIMARY SOURCES; SEWAGE SLUDGE INCINERATOR; WASTE-TO-ENERGY PLANTS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BOILERS; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEPOSITION; IRON AND STEEL PLANTS; LAND FILL; MERCURY (METAL); REFUSE INCINERATORS; SEDIMENTS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SMELTING; COAL COMBUSTION; STEELMAKING; WASTE INCINERATION;

INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS;

EID: 0346883024     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/NAWTEC10-1024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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