Surface compositions of carbon sorbents exposed to simulated low-rank coal flue gases

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 747-754

  Olson, Edwin S ^a   Crocker, Charlene R ^a   Benson, Steven A ^a   Pavlish, John H ^a   Holmes, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COAL; MERCURY; CHLORINE; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SORBENT; SULFUR;

ADSORPTION; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; GAS; INCINERATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; ABSORPTION; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; COMBUSTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLUE GAS; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ADSORPTION; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON; COAL; GASES; INCINERATION; MERCURY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POWER PLANTS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; CHEMISORPTION; COAL COMBUSTION; COAL GAS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGNITE; SURFACE STRUCTURE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ALIQUOTS; CARBON SORBENTS; COAL FLUE GASES; NITROGEN MOIETIES;

FLUE GASES;

EID: 22844448683     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.2005.10464672     Document Type: Article

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