Wet industrial flue gas desulfurization unit: Model development and validation on industrial data

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 7579-7592

  Neveux, Thibaut ^a   Le Moullec, Yann ^a  

^a EDF R AND D   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT; ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIA; AVERAGE DEVIATION; BUBBLE REACTORS; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; COUNTER-CURRENT FLOW; DROPLET SIZES; EMISSION LEGISLATION; ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; EULER-EULER APPROACH; FLUE-GAS DESULFURIZATION; GAS INLET; GAS TRANSFER; HOLDING TANK; LIMESTONE DISSOLUTION; LIQUID CHEMISTRY; LIQUID COMPOSITIONS; MODEL DEVELOPMENT; MODEL RESULTS; NONIDEAL; OXIDATION REACTOR; RATE-CONTROLLING; SOLID PHASIS; SUBMODELS; SULFITE OXIDATION; THERMODYNAMIC BEHAVIORS;

ABSORPTION; ASH HANDLING; COAL; COAL ASH; DESULFURIZATION; DISSOLUTION; DROPS; ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS; ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATORS; EXPERIMENTS; FLUE GASES; FLUES; FLY ASH; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; GASES; GYPSUM; INDUSTRY; LIMESTONE; LIQUIDS; OXIDATION; SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS;

EID: 79958853287     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie102239q     Document Type: Article

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