Environmental chamber measurements of mercury flux from coal utilization by-products

Fuel

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 890-897

  Pekney, Natalie J ^a   Martello, Donald ^a   Schroeder, Karl ^a   Granite, Evan ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal utilization by products; Flux chamber; Fly ash; Mercury; Wallboard

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; BYPRODUCTS; COAL; COAL BYPRODUCTS; COAL INDUSTRY; DESULFURIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBERS; FLY ASH; GYPSUM; MERCURY (METAL); WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

ASH SAMPLES; COAL UTILIZATION BY-PRODUCTS; FGD GYPSUMS; FLUX CHAMBER; LIGHT EXPOSURES; MERCURY; MERCURY CONTENTS; MERCURY CONTROLS; MERCURY FLUXES; WALLBOARD;

COAL ASH;

EID: 59349091656     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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