A two-step acid mercury removal process for pulverized coal

Fuel

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1166-1173

  Hoffart, April ^a   Seames, Wayne ^a   Kozliak, Evguenii ^b   Riedinger, Steven ^a   Francini, Jana ^b   Carlson, Christine ^b  

^a University of North Dakota   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal cleaning; Leaching; Mercury

Indexed keywords

BITUMINOUS COAL; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; LEACHING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

MERCURY; MERCURY REMOVAL PROCESS; PULVERIZED COAL;

COAL PREPARATION;

EID: 32544450975     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2005.11.020     Document Type: Article

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