Development of silica/vanadia/titania catalysts for removal of elemental mercury from coal-combustion flue gas

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 5304-5309

  Li, Ying ^a   Murphy, Patrick D ^b   Wu, Chang Yu ^a   Powers, Kevin W ^a   Bonzongo, Jean Claude J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b University of Florida

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION FLUE GASES; ELEMENTAL MERCURY;

CATALYSIS; COAL GAS; FLUE GASES; MERCURY (METAL); METAL RECOVERY; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

COAL COMBUSTION;

COAL; MERCURY; OXYGEN; SILICON DIOXIDE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; VANADIUM DERIVATIVE;

CATALYSIS; COAL; COMPOSITE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OXIDATION; SILICA; TITANIUM; VANADIUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; COMBUSTION; FIXED BED REACTOR; FLUE GAS; OXIDATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CATALYSIS; COAL; HUMANS; INCINERATION; MERCURY; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; POWER PLANTS; SILICON DIOXIDE; TITANIUM; VANADIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 48249093103     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es8000272     Document Type: Article

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