Measurement of vapor phase mercury emissions at coal-fired power plants using regular and speciating sorbent traps with in-stack and out-of-stack sampling methods

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 4831-4839

  Cheng, Chin Min ^a   Chen, Chien Wei ^a   Zhu, Jiashun ^a   Chen, Chin Wei ^a,b   Kuo, Yao Wen ^a,b   Lin, Tung Han ^a,b   Wen, Shu Hsien ^a,b   Zeng, Yong Siang ^a   Liu, Juei Chun ^a,b   Pan, Wei Ping ^a  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MING CHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; COLD VAPOR ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; COMBUSTION SCIENCE; CONTINUOUS EMISSION MONITORING SYSTEM; DATA QUALITY; DIRECT COMBUSTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES; HG CONCENTRATIONS; MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; MICROWAVE ASSISTED DIGESTION; MODIFIED SORBENT; ONTARIO HYDRO; REFERENCE METHOD; RELATIVE ACCURACY; RELATIVE DEVIATIONS; SAMPLING METHOD; SAMPLING RESULTS; SAMPLING TECHNIQUE; SAMPLING TIME; SHORT-TERM TEST; SPECIATION DATA; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMATIC INVESTIGATIONS; TOTAL MERCURIES; VAPOR PHASE MERCURY; WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY; WET-CHEMISTRY;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; COAL; COAL COMBUSTION; COAL FUELED FURNACES; FLUE GASES; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; GAS ABSORPTION; MERCURY (METAL); MINING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKE; SORBENTS; SORPTION; VAPORS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA);

EID: 70350434147     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef900294s     Document Type: Article

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