Emissions of mercury from the power sector in Poland

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 605-610

  Zysk J ^a,b   Wyrwa, A ^a   Pluta, M ^a  

^a AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

Author keywords

Bottom up; Emission; Mercury; Poland; Power sector; Speciation

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP; EMISSION; MERCURY; POLAND; POWER SECTOR; SPECIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COAL; COAL INDUSTRY; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; MERCURY (METAL); PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

COAL COMBUSTION;

MERCURY;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; COAL; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; COMBUSTION; DISPERSION; EMISSION INVENTORY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POINT SOURCE; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; BOILER; COAL POWER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENERGY RESOURCE; NONHUMAN; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

POLAND;

EID: 78751591594     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.10.041     Document Type: Article

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