Abatement of mercury emissions in the coal combustion process equipped with a Fabric Filter Baghouse

Fuel

Volumn 87, Issue 15-16, 2008, Pages 3322-3330

  Cao, Yan ^a   Cheng, Chin Min ^a   Chen, Chien Wei ^a   Liu, Mingchong ^a,b   Wang, Chiawei ^a,b   Pan, Wei Ping ^a  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mingchi University   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CFBC; Fabric filter baghouse; Fly ash; Mercury emission; PC

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ALKALI METALS; BITUMINOUS COAL; BOILERS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; COAL; COAL ASH; COAL INDUSTRY; COMBUSTION; COMBUSTORS; DRYING; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC RATES; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; FABRICS; FEES AND CHARGES; FINANCE; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTION; FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTORS; FLUIDIZED BED PROCESS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; FLY ASH; FOOD PROCESSING; LIGNITE; MERCURY (METAL); NONMETALS; POTASSIUM; PUBLIC UTILITIES; PULVERIZED FUEL FIRED BOILERS; SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION; SELENIUM; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SMOKE; SODIUM; SPRAY DRYING; SPRAYING; TESTING; THERMOCHEMISTRY; UTILITY RATES; WAVE FILTERS;

BAG HOUSES; BAGHOUSES; CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTOR (CFBC); COAL RANKS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES; ELECTRIC UTILITY BOILERS; ELSEVIER (CO); FABRIC FILTERS; FLY ASH PROPERTIES; INFORMATION COLLECTION REQUEST (ICR); LIGNITE-FIRED BOILERS; MERCURY EMISSIONS; MERCURY(III); MUTUAL BENEFIT; NORTH DAKOTA; PORE BLOCKAGES; PORE VOLUME (PV); PULVERIZED COAL (PCI); SELECTIVE NON-CATALYTIC REDUCTION (SNCR); SPECIFIC AREAS; SPECIFIC SURFACES; SPRAY DRYING; STEPWISE REGRESSION;

COAL COMBUSTION;

EID: 48049086991     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2008.05.010     Document Type: Article

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