Removal and recovery of gas-phase element mercury by metal oxide-loaded activated carbon

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 721-729

  Mei, Zhijian ^a   Shen, Zhemin ^a   Zhao, Qingjie ^b   Wang, Wenhua ^a   Zhang, Yejian ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Gas phase; Mercury; Metal oxide; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FLUE GASES; METAL RECOVERY;

GAS-PHASE ELEMENT; MERCURY REMOVAL; OXIDE-LOADED ACTIVATED CARBON;

MERCURY (METAL);

ACTIVATED CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHLORIDE; COBALT DERIVATIVE; COPPER COMPLEX; MANGANESE DIOXIDE; MERCURY; METAL OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SULFUR OXIDE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FLUE GASES; MERCURY (METAL); METAL RECOVERY;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; COBALT; COPPER; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DECOMPOSITION; HEATING; LABORATORY METHOD; MANGANESE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OXIDE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTION CONTROL; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMBUSTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GAS; HEATING; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXIDATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ADSORPTION; AIR POLLUTANTS; CHARCOAL; COAL; GASES; INCINERATION; MERCURY; POWER PLANTS;

EID: 39849095402     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2007.07.038     Document Type: Article

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