Studies of the fate of sulfur trioxide in coal-fired utility boilers based on modified selected condensation methods

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3429-3434

  Cao, Yan ^a   Zhou, Hongcang ^a,b   Jiang, Wu ^a,c   Chen, Chien Wei ^a   Pan, Wei Ping ^a  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRIC POWER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANTS; CATALYTIC CONVERSION; COAL-FIRED UTILITIES; DEW POINTS; EFFICIENCY LOSS; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; MEASUREMENT BIAS; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SUBBITUMINOUS COAL; SULFUR TRIOXIDE; UTILITY BOILER; WET FLUE GAS DESULFURIZATION;

ACTIVATED CARBON; AIR POLLUTION; BITUMINOUS COAL; COAL FIRED BOILERS; COAL INDUSTRY; CONDENSATION; CONTROL; DESULFURIZATION; ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS; ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATORS; FLUE GASES; FLY ASH; MERCURY (METAL); PULVERIZED FUEL FIRED BOILERS; REMOVAL; SULFUR;

SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION;

COAL; MERCURY; OXIDE; SULFUR TRIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CATALYSIS; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; CORROSION; FLY ASH; FOULING; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SULFUR;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATION; POLYMERIZATION; TEMPERATURE;

ADSORPTION; AIR; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CARBON; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; COAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRY; PARTICULATE MATTER; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SULFUR DIOXIDE; SULFUR OXIDES;

EID: 77951828951     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es903661b     Document Type: Article

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