Mercury capture by nano-structured titanium dioxide sorbent during coal combustion: Lab-scale to pilot-scale studies

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 394-403

  Suriyawong, Achariya ^a   Smallwood, Marina ^a   Li, Ying ^a   Zhuang, Ye ^b   Biswas, Pratim ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol modeling; Coal combustion; Mercury emission; Nano structured sorbent; Pollution control

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL MODELING; CARBON-BASED SORBENTS; COAL COMBUSTION FLUE GAS; CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; DEGUSSA; FEED-RATES; GENERATION TECHNIQUES; IN-SITU; LABORATORY SCALE; MERCURY CAPTURE; MERCURY EMISSIONS; NANO-STRUCTURED; NANO-STRUCTURED SORBENT; OPTIMAL EFFICIENCY; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PILOT SCALE; PILOT-SCALE STUDY; TIO; UV IRRADIATION;

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; COAL; COAL INDUSTRY; COMBUSTORS; FLUE GASES; HYDRAULICS; LABORATORIES; MERCURY (METAL); NANOSTRUCTURES; OXIDE MINERALS; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION INDUCED CORROSION; SORBENTS; SORPTION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

COAL COMBUSTION;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; COAL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTION CONTROL; SORPTION; TITANIUM; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 77952828490     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2009.02.0012     Document Type: Article

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