Environmental assessment of elements and polyaromatic hydrocarbons emitted from a Canadian coal-fired power plant

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 77, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 282-288

  Huggins, F ^a   Goodarzi, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian; PAHs; Power plants; Speciation of elements; Subbituminous coal

Indexed keywords

ACENAPTHENE; BOTTOM AND FLY ASHES; BOTTOM ASHES; CANADIAN; CANADIAN NATIONALS; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS; ELECTRICITY USING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; FLUORENE; GASEOUS ELEMENTAL MERCURIES; GROUND LEVELS; MAXIMUM DISTANCES; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS; PAHS; PARTICULATE MERCURIES; POLYAROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; REACTIVE GASEOUS MERCURIES; SPECIATION OF ELEMENTS; STACK EMISSIONS; SUBBITUMINOUS COAL; TOTAL MERCURIES; TOXIC ELEMENTS;

AIR QUALITY; ARSENIC; ASH HANDLING; CHROMIUM; COAL; COAL ASH; COAL INDUSTRY; ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS; ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATORS; FLY ASH; HYDROCARBONS; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; MERCURY (METAL); MINING; NICKEL; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; POLLUTION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; POWER PLANTS; PYRITES; SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS;

ARSENIC; BOTTOM ASH; CHROMIUM; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; NICKEL; PAH; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SUBBITUMINOUS COAL; TOXIC MATERIAL;

EID: 58249090800     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2008.07.009     Document Type: Article

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