Producing ammonium sulfate from flue gas desulfurization by-products

Energy Sources

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1061-1071

  Chou, Mei In M ^a   Bruinius, Joshua A ^a   Benig, Vincent ^a   Chou, Sheng Fu J ^a   Carty, Ronald H ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Illinois Clean Coal Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium sulfate; Fertilizer; Flue gas desulfurization; Gypsum

Indexed keywords

BYPRODUCTS; DESULFURIZATION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; FERTILIZERS; FLUE GASES; GYPSUM; LAND FILL; OXIDATION; REACTION KINETICS; SOLUTIONS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AMMONIUM SULFATES; FLUE GAS DESULFURIZATION; LIMESTONE SCRUBBER SYSTEMS; SULFUR DIOXIDE EMISSIONS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

AMMONIUM SULFATE; BYPRODUCTS; CALCIUM SULFATE; FERTILIZERS; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 23844522352     PISSN: 00908312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00908310490479510     Document Type: Article

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