Chemical and petrographical characterization of feed coal, fly ash and bottom ash from the Figueira Power Plant, Paraná, Brazil

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 77, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 269-281

  Levandowski, Janaina ^a   Kalkreuth, Wolfgang ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ashes; Chemistry; Coal; Combustion; Energy; Petrography

Indexed keywords

ASH YIELDS; ASHES; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRIES; BOTTOM AND FLY ASHES; BOTTOM ASHES; CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; COAL BENEFICIATION; COAL SAMPLES; COMBUSTION PROCESSES; ENERGY; ETTRINGITE; FEED COALS; FLY AND BOTTOM ASHES; ICP-AES; IN-SITU; LOW GRADES; MACERAL ANALYSIS; MACERALS; MAJOR ELEMENTS; MINERALOGICAL COMPOSITIONS; PROXIMATE ANALYSIS; RUN OF MINES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF; SULPHUR CONTENTS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBONS; TOXIC ELEMENTS; TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS; ULTIMATE ANALYSIS; VITRINITE; VITRINITE MACERAL; VITRINITE REFLECTANCES; X-RAY DIFFRACTIONS;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; ARSENIC; ASH HANDLING; BENEFICIATION; BITUMINOUS COAL; CALORIFIC VALUE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; CHEMICAL PLANTS; CHROMIUM; CLAY MINERALS; COAL; COAL ASH; COAL INDUSTRY; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COPPER; DIFFRACTION; FELDSPAR; FIRE HAZARDS; FLY ASH; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; IRON ORES; KAOLINITE; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; MAGNETITE; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLYBDENUM; MULLITE; ORGANIC CARBON; OXIDE MINERALS; PETROGRAPHY; PETROLOGY; PHOTORESISTS; PLASMAS; POLLUTION; PYRITES; QUARTZ; REFLECTION; ROM; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SMOKE; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY; SULFUR; THERMOCHEMISTRY; TIN; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; ZINC;

COAL COMBUSTION;

BITUMINOUS COAL; BOTTOM ASH; COAL RANK; COAL SEAM; COMBUSTION; FLY ASH; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; PETROGRAPHY; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRACE ELEMENT; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

BRAZIL; PARANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 58249085965     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2008.05.005     Document Type: Article

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