Estimating mercury emissions from a zinc smelter in relation to China's mercury control policies

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3347-3353

  Wang, S X ^a   Song, J X ^a   Li, G H ^a   Wu, Y ^a   Zhang, L ^a   Wan, Q ^a   Streets, D G ^b   Chin, Conrad K ^c   Hao, J M ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Control policy; Emission factor; Hg removal efficiency; Hydrometallurgical zinc smelting; Speciation

Indexed keywords

CONTROL POLICY; EMISSION FACTORS; HG REMOVAL EFFICIENCY; HYDROMETALLURGICAL ZINC SMELTING; SPECIATION;

ACIDS; AIR CLEANERS; CHEMICAL PLANTS; CLEANING; ELECTROSTATICS; FLUE GASES; FLUES; HYDROMETALLURGY; MERCURY (METAL); MIST ELIMINATORS; REMOVAL; TOWERS; ZINC;

ZINC SMELTING;

MERCURY; ZINC;

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METALLURGY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION POLICY; SMELTING; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); ZINC;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUE GAS; METAL INDUSTRY; SMELTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; MERCURY; METALLURGY; ZINC;

EID: 77958170664     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.07.032     Document Type: Article

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