Mercury emissions from coal combustion: Modeling and comparison of Hg capture in a fabric filter versus an electrostatic precipitator

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 616-623

  Scala, Fabrizio ^a   Clack, Herek L ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorption model; Coal combustion; Electrostatic precipitator; Fabric filter; Mercury capture

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; AIR QUALITY; COAL COMBUSTION; ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS; EMISSION CONTROL; SORBENTS;

ADSORPTION MODEL; FABRIC FILTER; MERCURY CAPTURE;

MERCURY (METAL);

COAL; MERCURY;

ADSORPTION; AIR QUALITY; COAL COMBUSTION; ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS; EMISSION CONTROL; MERCURY (METAL); SORBENTS;

ADSORPTION; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COAL; COMBUSTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMISSION CONTROL; FILTER; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY);

ADSORPTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; FILTER; FIXED BED REACTOR; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON;

ADSORPTION; AIR POLLUTANTS; COAL; ELECTROSTATICS; FILTRATION; INCINERATION; MERCURY; POWER PLANTS;

EID: 40149085000     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2007.07.024     Document Type: Article

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