An assessment of costs and benefits associated with mercury emission reductions from major anthropogenic sources

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 302-315

  Pacyna, Jozef M ^a,b   Sundseth, Kyrre ^a   Pacyna, Elisabeth G ^a   Jozewicz, Wojciech ^c   Munthe, John ^d   Belhaj, Mohammed ^d   Aström, Stefan ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c ARCADIS   (Norway)

^d IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; EMISSION CONTROL; MERCURY (METAL); NITROGEN REMOVAL; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; CONTROL EFFICIENCY; COSTS AND BENEFITS; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; EXPOSURE REDUCTION; OXIDES OF NITROGEN; PARTICULATE MATTER; REDUCTION POTENTIAL;

COST REDUCTION;

COAL; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; NITROGEN OXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CHEMICAL WASTE; COMBUSTION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; FLUE GAS; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELTER; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77950377400     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3155/1047-3289.60.3.302     Document Type: Article

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