Ion flotation of germanium from fly ash aqueous leachates

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 69-75

  Hernandez Exposito A ^a   Chimenos, J M ^a   Fernandez A I ^a   Font, O ^b   Querol, X ^b   Coca, P ^c   Garcia Pena F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^c ELCOGAS SA E 13500 Puertollano   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coal gasification; Germanium; IGCC fly ash; Ion flotation; Leaching; Recovery

Indexed keywords

COAL GASIFICATION; COMPLEXATION; FLOTATION; GERMANIUM; LEACHING; PH EFFECTS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

AQUEOUS LEACHATE; INTEGRATED GASIFICATION IN COMBINED CYCLE (IGCC) FLY ASH; ION FLOTATION; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE (XRF);

FLY ASH;

COAL GASIFICATION; COMPLEXATION; FLOTATION; FLY ASH; GERMANIUM; LEACHING; PH EFFECTS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 33645786125     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2006.01.012     Document Type: Article

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