Discussion on "Characteristics of fly ashes from full-scale coal-fired power plants and their relationship to mercury adsorption" by Lu et al

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 1055-1058

  Hower, James C ^a   Valentim, Bruno ^b   Kostova, Irena J ^c   Henke, Kevin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CARBON; COAL; COAL COMBUSTION; COAL GAS; COAL INDUSTRY; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; FLUE GASES; FLY ASH; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; LUTETIUM; MERCURY (METAL); MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MINING; POWER PLANTS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; ASH CARBONS; CARBON FORMS; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS; FEED COALS; FLUE GAS TEMPERATURES; MECHANICAL SIEVING; MERCURY ADSORPTIONS; PARTICLE SURFACES; SCANNING ELECTRONS; SIZE FRACTIONS; STUDY SAMPLES; SUBSEQUENT ANALYSES;

COAL ASH;

EID: 54149116754     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef700683q     Document Type: Article

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