Further investigation of the impact of sulfur oxides on mercury capture by activated carbon

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 46, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 8273-8276

  Presto, Albert A ^a   Granite, Evan J ^a   Karash, Andrew ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MERCURY (METAL); OXIDATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

MERCURY CAPACITY; REMOVAL EFFICIENCY;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

ACTIVATED CARBON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MERCURY (METAL); OXIDATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

EID: 36749064879     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie071045c     Document Type: Article

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