Study of mercury in by-products from a Dutch co-combustion power station

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 174, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 28-33

  Rallo, Manuela ^a   Lopez Anton, M Antonia ^a   Meij, Ruud ^b   Perry, Ron ^a   Maroto Valer, M Mercedes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b KEMA   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Co combustion; Fly ashes; Gypsum; Mercury speciation

Indexed keywords

CO-COMBUSTION; COAL COMBUSTION PRODUCTS; COAL-FIRED POWER STATIONS; GYPSUM SAMPLE; MERCURY CHLORIDE; MERCURY REMOVAL; MERCURY SPECIATIONS; MERCURY SPECIES; NETHERLANDS; NON HAZARDOUS WASTES; SULPHATES; TEMPERATURE-PROGRAMMED DECOMPOSITION;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COAL; COAL ASH; COAL INDUSTRY; ENERGY CONVERSION; FLY ASH; GYPSUM; LAND FILL; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; LEACHING; MERCURY (METAL); METAL RECOVERY; PYROLYSIS; SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION; SMOKE; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; THERMAL DESORPTION; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE INCINERATION;

COAL COMBUSTION;

CALCIUM SULFATE; COAL; MERCURY; MERCURY CHLORIDE; MERCURY DERIVATIVE; SULFATE; CARBON;

COMBUSTION; DESORPTION; FLY ASH; GYPSUM; LANDFILL; LEACHING; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; DECOMPOSITION; DESORPTION; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; FLY ASH; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; LANDFILL; LEACHING; NETHERLANDS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; TECHNOLOGY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE DISPOSAL; CHEMISTRY; PARTICULATE MATTER; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

CALCIUM SULFATE; CARBON; MERCURY; NETHERLANDS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POWER PLANTS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 71849117417     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.09.011     Document Type: Article

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