In-duct removal of mercury from coal-fired power plant flue gas by activated carbon: Assessment of entrained flow versus wall surface contributions

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1423-1428

  Scala, Fabrizio ^a   Chirone, Riccardo ^a   Lancia, Amedeo ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption; Coal combustion; Entrained flow; Mercury capture

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION ZONES; CAPTURE EFFICIENCIES; CARBON INJECTIONS; CARBON PARTICLES; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS; COMBUSTION FLUE GASSES; DYNAMIC BOUNDARIES; ELEMENTAL MERCURIES; ENTRAINED FLOW; ENTRAINED FLOW REACTORS; GAS RESIDENCES; MERCURY CAPTURE; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBONS; REACTOR WALLS; RESIDENCE TIMES; SURFACE DEPOSITIONS; TIME INTERVALS; TOTAL MERCURIES; WALL INTERACTIONS; WALL SURFACES;

ADSORPTION; CHARCOAL; COAL; COAL COMBUSTION; COAL GAS; COAL INDUSTRY; COMBUSTION; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FLUE GASES; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; GASES; MERCURY (METAL); METAL RECOVERY; MINING; SMOKE; STEEL STRUCTURES; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

EID: 58149263360     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2007.0194     Document Type: Conference Paper

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