Mercury flow via coal and coal utilization by-products: A global perspective

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 571-591

  Mukherjee, Arun B ^a   Zevenhoven, Ron ^b   Bhattacharya, Prosun ^c   Sajwan, Kenneth S ^d   Kikuchi, Ryunosuke ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d SAVANNAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

China, India, and a few other countries; Coal; Coal fly ash; Material flow; Mercury; Uses of fly ash

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; COAL; ELECTRICITY; EMISSION CONTROL; FLUE GASES; FLY ASH; MERCURY (METAL); TOXICITY;

COAL UTILIZATION; MATERIAL FLOW;

BYPRODUCTS;

ASPHALT; COAL; MERCURY; PLASTIC;

BIOACCUMULATION; BYPRODUCTS; COAL; ELECTRICITY; EMISSION CONTROL; FLUE GASES; FLY ASH; MERCURY (METAL); TOXICITY;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON EMISSION; COAL; COMBUSTION; FLY ASH; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MOBILIZATION; RECYCLING;

AGRICULTURE; AUSTRALIA; CEMENT INDUSTRY; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CHINA; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CYCLING; EASTERN EUROPE; ENVIRONMENTAL RECLAMATION; FIELD EMISSION; FILTER; FLOW KINETICS; FLUE GAS; FLY ASH; INDIA; JAPAN; KOREA; REVIEW; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 38049081478     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2007.09.002     Document Type: Review

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