Emission characteristics of heavy metals and organic pollutants from the combustion of sewage sludge in a fluidized bed combustor

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 2278-2283

  Shao, Jingai ^a,b   Yan, Rong ^b   Chen, Hanping ^a   Yang, Haiping ^a   Lee, Dong Ho ^b   Liang, David Tee ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ASH HANDLING; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; CADMIUM; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CHROMIUM; COBALT COMPOUNDS; COMBUSTION; COMBUSTORS; COPPER; DICHLOROMETHANE; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FLUE GASES; FLUES; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTORS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; FLY ASH; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS EMISSIONS; GASES; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; HEAVY METALS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBONS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; LEAD COMPOUNDS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METAL RECOVERY; MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY; NICKEL ALLOYS; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHOTORESISTS; POLLUTION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RESINS; SEWAGE; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SMELTING; SMOKE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THERMOCHEMISTRY; VANADIUM COMPOUNDS; WASTE INCINERATION; ZINC;

AVERAGE CONCENTRATIONS; BOTTOM AND FLY ASHES; BOTTOM ASHES; CYCLIC HYDROCARBONS; EMISSION CHARAC-TERISTICS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRIES; HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS; ICP-OES; MONOAROMATIC COMPOUNDS; SLUDGE COMBUSTIONS; SLUDGE SAMPLES; SOLID PHASIS; TOTAL AMOUNTS; XAD RESINS;

FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTION;

EID: 57049108168     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef800002y     Document Type: Article

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