Environmental impacts at coal waste disposal sites - Efficiency of desulfurization technologies

Global Nest Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 109-116

  Komnitsas, K ^a   Paspaliaris, I ^a   Zilberchmidt, M ^b   Groudev, S ^c  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MISIS   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND GEOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

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EID: 33746874233     PISSN: 17907632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30955/gnj.000209     Document Type: Article

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