Ranking low cost sorbents for mercury capture from simulated flue gases

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 3249-3258

  Seneviratne, H Revata ^a   Charpenteau, Cedric ^a   George, Anthe ^a   Millan, Marcos ^a   Dugwell, Denis R ^a   Kandiyoti, Rafael ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; COAL ASH; FLUE GASES; PORE STRUCTURE; PYROLYSIS; SORPTION;

FIXED SORBENT BED; MERCURY CAPTURE;

SORBENTS;

EID: 37249078277     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef070028x     Document Type: Article

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