Novel mercury control technology for solid waste incineration: Sodium tetrasulfide (STS) as mercury capturing agent

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1735-1739

  Liu, Yangsheng ^a   Xie, Shaodong ^a   Li, Yaqiong ^a   Liu, Yushan ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Taiyuan Chenfeng Environmental Engineering Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM TETRASULFIDE (STS); WASTE INCINERATORS;

DECOMPOSITION; DISSOLUTION; FLUE GASES; OXIDATION; SOLID WASTES;

WASTE INCINERATION;

MERCURY; SODIUM TETRASULFIDE; SULFIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DECOMPOSITION; DISSOLUTION; FLUE GASES; OXIDATION; SOLID WASTES; WASTE INCINERATION;

EMISSION; INCINERATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION CONTROL; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SODIUM; SOLID WASTE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; DECOMPOSITION; FLUE GAS; HOSPITAL WASTE; INCINERATION; MERCURIALISM; POLLUTION CONTROL; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

HEAT; INCINERATION; MERCURY; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SULFIDES;

EID: 33847625361     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es062455f     Document Type: Article

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