Synergistic mercury removal by conventional pollutant control strategies for coal-fired power plants in China

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 722-730

  Wang, Shuxiao ^a   Zhang, Lei ^a   Wu, Ye ^a   Ancora, Maria Pia ^a   Zhao, Yu ^a,b   Hao, Jiming ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL; COAL FUELED FURNACES; DESULFURIZATION; GAS EMISSIONS; MERCURY (METAL); MINING; POLLUTION; SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AVERAGE EMISSION RATE; COAL CONSUMPTION; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; FLUE GAS DESULFURIZATION(FGD); MERCURY EMISSIONS; POLLUTANT CONTROL; RAPID INSTALLATION; THERMAL POWER UNITS;

FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS;

MERCURY; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; BURN; CATALYSIS; CHINA; COAL POWER; DESULFURIZATION; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; FILTER; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 77950202794     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3155/1047-3289.60.6.722     Document Type: Article

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