Elemental mercury emissions from chlor-alkali plants measured by lidar techniques

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 39, Issue 39 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 7474-7480

  Grönlund, Rasmus ^a   Sjöholm, Mikael ^a   Weibring, Petter ^a   Edner, Hans ^a   Svanberg, Sune ^a  

^a LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atmospheric mercury flux; Chlor alkali plant; DIAL; EMECAP; OPO

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PLANTS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MERCURY (METAL); METAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL RADAR; PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY FLUX; CHLOR-ALKALI PLANTS; DIFFERENTIAL ABSORPTION LIDAR (DIAL); EMISSIONS FROM CHLOR-ALKALI PLANTS (EMECAP); OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS (OPO);

PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

ALKALI; CHLORINE DERIVATIVE; MERCURY;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; LIDAR; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MERCURY (ELEMENT);

CONFERENCE PAPER; MEASUREMENT; OSCILLATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WINTER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 27744608576     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.06.060     Document Type: Conference Paper

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