The balance-of-plant impacts of calcium bromide injection as a mercury oxidation technology in power plants

Air and Waste Management Association - 7th Power Plant Air Pollutant Control 'Mega' Symposium 2008

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 679-691

  Dombrowski, Katherine ^a   McDowell, Sara ^a   Berry, Mark ^b   Sibley, April Freeman ^b   Chang, Ramsay ^c   Vosteen, Bernhard ^d  

^a URS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN COMPANY   (United States)

^c ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Vosteen Consulting GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALANCE OF PLANT; CALCIUM BROMIDE; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; FGD BYPRODUCTS; INJECTION TEST; INJECTION TESTING; MERCURY OXIDATIONS; OXIDIZING AGENTS; POTENTIAL BALANCE; WET SCRUBBERS;

AIR POLLUTION; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ALLOYS; COAL; COAL ASH; DESULFURIZATION; ENERGY CONVERSION; FLUE GASES; FLUES; FLY ASH; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; GAS EMISSIONS; LEACHING; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MERCURY (METAL); MINING; OXIDATION; SCRUBBERS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BROMINE;

EID: 76949096185     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3155/2008CP175.27     Document Type: Conference Paper

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