High-temperature sorbents for Hg, Cd, Pb, and other trace metals: Mechanisms and applications

Fuel

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 894-903

  Wendt, Jost O L ^a   Lee, Sung Jun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Mercury; Sequestration; Sorbents; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ALUMINOSILICATES; CALCIUM SILICATES; CARBON-BASED; CHEMICAL CHANGE; DOWNFLOW; EUTECTIC MELT; FRACTIONATION METHODS; HEATED QUARTZ; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE SORBENTS; IMPACTORS; LOW LEVEL; MERCURY; MERCURY SEQUESTRATION; METAL VAPOR; MINERAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PORE CLOSURE; QUARTZ REACTORS; RATE MODELS; RESIDENCE TIME; SAMPLING POINTS; SIMULATED FLUE GAS; TRACE METAL;

ALUMINOSILICATES; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ALLOYS; CALCIUM SILICATE; FLUE GASES; HYDRATED LIME; ION BEAMS; KAOLINITE; LIME; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; MIXTURES; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; SILICATE MINERALS; SMELTING; SODIUM; SORBENTS; SORPTION; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; VAPORS;

CADMIUM;

EID: 75149130613     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2009.01.028     Document Type: Article

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