Mercury speciation and distribution in a 660-megawatt utility boiler in Taiwan firing bituminous coals

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 514-522

  Hsi, Hsing Cheng ^a   Lee, Hsiu Hsia ^b   Hwang, Jyh Feng ^b   Chen, Wang ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ASH HANDLING; BITUMINOUS COAL; BOILER FIRING; COAL ASH; ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS; FLUE GASES; FLUES; FLY ASH; GASES; GYPSUM; LIME; MERCURY (METAL);

ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS (ESP); ELEMENTAL MERCURY; MERCURY MASS BALANCE; MERCURY SPECIATIONS; OXIDIZED MERCURY; PARTICLE BOUND MERCURY; TOTAL MERCURIES; WET FLUE GAS DESULFURIZATION;

SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION;

AMMONIA; COAL; MERCURY; NITRIC OXIDE; ASPHALT; CARBON; HYDROCARBON;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FLUE GAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; AIR POLLUTANT; FLY ASH; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CARBON; COAL; HYDROCARBONS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MERCURY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POWER PLANTS; TAIWAN;

EID: 77953243346     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3155/1047-3289.60.5.514     Document Type: Article

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