Chemical sequential extraction of heavy metals and sulphur in bottom ash and in fly ash from a pulp and paper mill complex

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 389-399

  Nurmesniemi, Hannu ^a   Pöykiö, Risto ^b   Kuokkanen, Toivo ^c   Rämö, Jaakko ^c  

^a Stora Enso   (Finland)

^b Finland's Environmental Administration   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ash; Biofuel; Extraction; Heavy metals; Paper mill; Peat; Pulp mill; wmr 1134 9; Wood

Indexed keywords

ASH HANDLING; BARIUM; CHEMICAL PULP; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CHROMIUM; COAL ASH; COPPER; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; FLY ASH; HEAVY METALS; METAL RECOVERY; METALS; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; NONMETALS; PAPER AND PULP MILLS; POSITIVE IONS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SULFUR; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; ZINC;

ASH; BIOFUEL; BOTTOM ASH; CHEMICAL-; CO-COMBUSTION; FINLAND; PAPER MILL; PEAT; PULP AND PAPER MILL; PULP MILL; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION PROCEDURE; STORA-ENSO; WATER SOLUBLE FRACTIONS; WMR 1134-9; WOOD;

EXTRACTION;

ARSENIC; BARIUM; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; SULFUR; VANADIUM; WATER; ZINC;

BOTTOM ASH; EXTRACTION METHOD; FLY ASH; HEAVY METAL; MILL; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; SULFUR;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRY WEIGHT; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; FINLAND; FLUIDIZED BED; FLY ASH; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; PAPER INDUSTRY; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL FERTILITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

CARBON; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; FINLAND; INCINERATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METALS, HEAVY; PAPER; PARTICULATE MATTER; SULFUR; WOOD;

BARIUM; CHEMICAL PULPS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CHROMIUM; COPPER; EXTRACTION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; FLY ASH; HEAVY METALS; MOLYBDENUM; PAPER MILLS; PEAT; PULP MILLS; WOOD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; OULU [FINLAND]; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 48649086994     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X07079051     Document Type: Article

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