Assessment of atmospheric mercury emission reduction measures relevant for application in Poland

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 163-171

  Hławiczka, Stanislaw ^a,b   Fudała, Janina ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ECOLOGY OF INDUSTRIAL AREAS   (Poland)

^b CZESTOCHOWA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Air; Emission; Emission reduction; Mercury; Poland

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; FUELS; HEAT GENERATION; MERCURY (METAL); METALLURGY;

ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY EMISSION; MEMBRANE CELL METHODS; MERCURY CELL PROCESS;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY;

ACTIVATED CARBON; CHLORINE; MERCURY; ZEOLITE;

AIR POLLUTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; DESULFURIZATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ELECTROLYSIS; FLUE GAS; HEAT; INCINERATION; MEMBRANE CELL TECHNOLOGY; METALLURGY; POLAND; POLLUTION CONTROL; POWER SUPPLY; PRECIPITATION; PROCESS DESIGN;

EID: 40549131553     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2006.0137     Document Type: Article

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