The role of ammonia on mercury leaching from coal fly ash

Chemosphere

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1586-1592

  Wang, Jianmin ^a   Wang, Tian ^a   Mallhi, Harmanjit ^a   Liu, Yu ^a   Ban, Heng ^b   Ladwig, Ken ^c  

^a Architectural and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^b Utah State University   (United States)

^c ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Fly ash; Leaching; Mercury

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; AMMONIA; COAL; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; FLUE GASES; FLY ASH; MERCURY (METAL); PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PH EFFECTS;

CATIONIC ELEMENTS; MERCURY ADSORPTION; MERCURY AMMONIA COMPLEXES; MERCURY LEACHING;

LEACHING;

AMMONIA; COAL; MERCURY;

ADSORPTION; AMMONIA; COAL; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; FLUE GASES; FLY ASH; LEACHING; MERCURY (METAL); PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PH EFFECTS;

ADSORPTION; AMMONIA; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLY ASH; LEACHING; LEGISLATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NITROUS OXIDE; PH; POLLUTION CONTROL;

ADSORPTION; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLUE GAS; FLY ASH; LEACHING; PH;

EID: 35348912782     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.05.053     Document Type: Article

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