Electrostatic precipitation of powdered activated carbon and implications for secondary mercury adsorption within electrostatic precipitators

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1010-1016

  Prabhu, Vinit ^a   Lee, Sangkyoung ^a   Clack, Herek L ^a  

^a Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ANOMALOUS BEHAVIOR; BAGHOUSES; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; DISCHARGE ELECTRODE; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATION; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; GASPHASE; MASS TRANSFER MODELS; MERCURY ADSORPTION; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY EMISSIONS; MERCURY REMOVAL; OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE; POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON; SECONDARY MECHANISMS; SORBENT INJECTION; TOTAL MERCURIES;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; COAL; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS; ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATORS; ELECTROSTATICS; FLUE GASES; FLY ASH; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; GAS EMISSIONS; GAS PLANTS; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); MASS TRANSFER; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REMOVAL; SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; WIRE;

MERCURY (METAL);

EID: 79952847604     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef1009567     Document Type: Article

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