An investigation on mercury association in an Alberta sub-bituminous coal

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 485-490

  Zhang, Cheng ^a   Chen, Gang ^a   Yang, Ting ^a   Lu, Guoqing ^b   Mak, Carol ^b   Kelly, David ^b   Xu, Zhenghe ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; COAL ASH; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DIFFRACTOMETERS; FRACTIONATION; MERCURY (METAL); X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

COAL UTILIZATION; DENSITY FRACTIONS; MERCURY ASSOCIATION; MERCURY SPECIES; SUB-BITUMINOUS COAL;

BITUMINOUS COAL;

EID: 34247112415     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef060412e     Document Type: Conference Paper

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