Investigation of the relationship between particulate-bound mercury and properties of fly ash in a full-scale 100 MWe pulverized coal combustion boiler

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 3292-3299

  Li, Sen ^a,b   Cheng, Chin Min ^a   Chen, Bobby ^a   Cao, Yan ^a   Vervynckt, Jacob ^a   Adebambo, Amanda ^a   Pan, Wei Ping ^a  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BITUMINOUS COAL; ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS; FLUE GASES; FLY ASH; MANGANESE; MERCURY (METAL); SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; STATISTICAL METHODS;

MECHANICAL HOPPER; OXIDIZED MERCURY;

COAL COMBUSTION;

EID: 37349111827     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef0701384     Document Type: Article

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