Effect of the existing air pollutant control devices on mercury emission in coal-fired power plants

Ranliao Huaxue Xuebao/Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 641-646

  Zhong, Li Ping ^a,b   Cao, Yan ^b   Li, Wen Ying ^a   Pan, Wei Ping ^b   Xie, Ke Chang ^a  

^a TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal fired power plant; Electrostatic precipitator; Flue gas; Flue gas desulphurization; Mercury emission; Selective catalytic reduction

Indexed keywords

COAL; COAL COMBUSTION; COAL FUELED FURNACES; DESULFURIZATION; ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS; ELECTROSTATICS; FLUE GASES; FLUES; FLY ASH; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; MERCURY (METAL); MINING; SECONDARY EMISSION; SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION; VANADIUM PENTOXIDE;

% REDUCTIONS; AIR POLLUTANTS; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; CONTROL DEVICE; FLUE GAS DESULPHURIZATION; GAS DESULFURIZATION; MERCURY EMISSIONS; ONTARIO HYDRO METHODS; POLLUTANT CONTROL; SEMI-CONTINUOUS;

COAL FIRED POWER PLANT;

EID: 79952025702     PISSN: 2097213X     EISSN: 18725813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1872-5813(11)60001-7     Document Type: Article

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