Investigation on elemental mercury oxidation mechanism by non-thermal plasma treatment

Fuel Processing Technology

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1395-1400

  Wang, Z H ^a   Jiang, S D ^a   Zhu, Y Q ^a   Zhou, J S ^a   Zhou, J H ^a   Li, Z S ^b   Cen, K F ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

DBD; Mercury; NTP; Oxidation; Plasma

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE ATOM; COAL FIRED FLUE GAS; DBD; DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGES; DISCHARGE VOLTAGES; DIVALENT COMPOUNDS; ELEMENTAL MERCURY; FLUE GAS COMPONENT; HYDROGEN CHLORIDE; INHIBITORY EFFECT; MERCURY; MERCURY OXIDATIONS; MOISTURE LEVEL; NON-THERMAL PLASMA TREATMENT; NONTHERMAL PLASMA; NTP; OXIDATION RATES; PLASMA PROCESS; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

CHLORINE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; FLUE GASES; FLUES; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; OPTIMIZATION; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMAS;

MERCURY (METAL);

EID: 77956394273     PISSN: 03783820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2010.05.012     Document Type: Article

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