Fabric filter bag investigation following field testing of sorbent injection for mercury control at TXU's Big Brown Station

Fuel Processing Technology

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1424-1429

  Pavlish, John H ^a   Thompson, Jeffrey S ^a   Martin, Christopher L ^a   Hamre, Lucinda L ^a   Wiemuth, Robert ^b   Pletcher, Sara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b Luminant Power   (United States)

^c NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activated carbon injection; Filter analysis; Mercury control; TOXECON

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON INJECTION; BAGHOUSES; BASE-LINE CONDITIONS; DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURES; FABRIC FILTERS; FABRIC PERMEABILITY; FIELD TESTING; FILTER CHANGES; FILTER SAMPLE; HIGH LOAD; MERCURY CONTROL; OPERATING MARGINS; PULSE CLEANING; RESIDUAL MATERIALS; SORBENT INJECTION; TEST MODULES;

FABRICS; FILTRATION; FLY ASH; MERCURY (METAL); SORPTION;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

EID: 71249096043     PISSN: 03783820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2009.06.018     Document Type: Article

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