Heavy metal content of bottom ashes from a fuel oil power plant and oil refinery in Cuba

Fuel

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2820-2823

  Alonso Hernandez C M ^a   Bernal Castillo, J ^b   Bolanos Alvarez, Y ^a   Gomez Batista M ^a   Diaz Asencio, M ^a  

^a Centro de Estudios Ambientales de Cienfuegos   (Cuba)

^b Instituto Superior de Ciencias y Tecnologia Nucleares   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Ash; Cienfuegos; Cuba; Hazardous waste; Heavy metals

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; BOTTOM ASH; CIENFUEGOS; CUBA; FLY AND BOTTOM ASH; HAZARDOUS WASTES; HEAVY METAL CONTENTS; HIGH-CONTENT; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; OIL REFINERIES; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ACID RAIN; ASH HANDLING; CHROMIUM; FUEL OILS; GROUNDWATER; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; LEACHING; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY (METAL); METAL REFINERIES; METALS; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; POWER PLANTS; REFINING; THERMOELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; ZINC;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 79957450402     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2011.03.014     Document Type: Article

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