Investigation of mercury transformation by HBr addition in a slipstream facility with real flue gas atmospheres of bituminous coal and power river basin coal

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2719-2730

  Cao, Yan ^a   Wang, Quanhai ^a   Chen, Chien Wei ^a   Chen, Bobby ^a   Cohron, Martin ^a   Tseng, Yi Chuan ^a,b   Chiu, Cheng Chiu ^a,b   Chu, Paul ^c   Pan, Wei Ping ^a  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MING CHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; FLUE GASES; FLY ASH; GAS EMISSIONS; MERCURY (METAL); OXIDATION; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

HYDROGEN BROMIDE; MERCURY TRANSFORMATION; POWER RIVER BASIN COAL; SLIPSTREAM REACTOR;

BITUMINOUS COAL;

EID: 35349002868     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef060547k     Document Type: Article

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