Impact of calcium chloride addition on mercury transformations and control in coal flue gas

Fuel

Volumn 86, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 2351-2359

  Zhuang, Ye ^a   Thompson, Jeffrey S ^a   Zygarlicke, Chris J ^a   Pavlish, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorine; Coal flue gas; Mercury

Indexed keywords

BITUMINOUS COAL; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; FIRING (OF MATERIALS); HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MERCURY (METAL); OXIDATION;

COFIRING; MERCURY TRANSFORMATIONS; SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION (SCR);

FLUE GASES;

EID: 34548439513     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2007.02.016     Document Type: Article

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