CO2, CO, and Hg emissions from the Truman Shepherd and Ruth Mullins coal fires, eastern Kentucky, USA

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1628-1633

  O'Keefe, Jennifer M K ^a   Henke, Kevin R ^b   Hower, James C ^b   Engle, Mark A ^c   Stracher, Glenn B ^d   Stucker, J D ^b   Drew, Jordan W ^b   Staggs, Wayne D ^a   Murray, Tiffany M ^a   Hammond, Maxwell L ^a   Adkins, Kenneth D ^a   Mullins, Bailey J ^a   Lemley, Edward W ^a  

^a MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d EAST GEORGIA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Carbon monoxide; Emissions; Greenhouse gases; Mercury; Pitot tube; Spontaneous combustion

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; COAL; COAL COMBUSTION; COAL DEPOSITS; FIRES; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; MERCURY (METAL); PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION;

ATMOSPHERIC CONSTITUENTS; COAL FIRES; COAL SEAMS; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; EASTERN KENTUCKY; FIRE EMISSIONS; MERCURIES (HG); PITOT TUBES;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; COAL; MERCURY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON MONOXIDE; COAL SEAM; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; COMBUSTION; FIRE; GREENHOUSE GAS; MERCURY (ELEMENT);

ARTICLE; CARBON SOURCE; COMBUSTION; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; EXHAUST GAS; FIRE; GAS FLOW; GREENHOUSE GAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOICHIOMETRY; UNITED STATES; COAL MINING;

KENTUCKY; UNITED STATES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; COAL MINING; FIRES; KENTUCKY;

EID: 77953008203     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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