Determination of nickel species in stack emissions from eight residual oil-fired utility steam-generating units

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 6188-6195

  Huggins, Frank E ^a   Galbreath, Kevin C ^b   Eylands, Kurt E ^b   Van Loon, Lisa L ^c   Olson, Jeremy A ^c   Zillioux, Edward J ^d   Ward, Stephen G ^e   Lynch, Paul A ^f   Chu, Paul ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^c CANADIAN LIGHT SOURCE INC   (Canada)

^d Zillioux Environmental LLC   (United States)

^e HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

^f NATIONAL GRID   (United States)

^g ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTION LIMITS; EMISSION CHARACTERIZATION; LEAST SQUARE; LINEAR COMBINATIONS; NICKEL SULFATE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POTENTIAL HEALTH; SPECTROSCOPIC DATA; STACK EMISSIONS; STEAM-GENERATING UNITS; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; HEALTH RISKS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; NICKEL DEPOSITS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; QUARTZ; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; X RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY;

NICKEL;

FERRIC OXIDE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; NICKEL; NICKEL SULFATE; OIL;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DATA SET; EMISSION; FILTER; HEALTH RISK; NICKEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; QUARTZ; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SPECTROSCOPY; SULFIDE;

AIR MONITORING; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXHAUST GAS; HEALTH HAZARD; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; WATER VAPOR; X RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; COAL ASH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; NICKEL; POWER PLANTS; STEAM; X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 79960488871     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es200823a     Document Type: Article

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