Hg occurrence in coal and its removal before coal utilization

Fuel

Volumn 104, Issue , 2013, Pages 70-76

  Luo, Guangqian ^a   Ma, Jingjing ^a   Han, Jun ^b   Yao, Hong ^a   Xu, Minghou ^a   Zhang, Cheng ^a   Chen, Gang ^a   Gupta, Rajenda ^c   Xu, Zhenghe ^c  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coal; Density separation; Hg; Pyrolysis; Sequential selective extraction

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISTIC TEMPERATURE; COAL UTILIZATION; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; COMBUSTION FLUE GAS; DENSITY SEPARATION; HG RELEASE; HIGH COSTS; MERCURY EMISSION CONTROL; SEQUENTIAL SELECTIVE EXTRACTIONS;

BITUMINOUS COAL; COAL; EMISSION CONTROL; FLUE GASES; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; PYROLYSIS; SEPARATION;

COAL COMBUSTION;

EID: 79251518936     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2010.04.004     Document Type: Article

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