Polarity effect of pulsed corona discharge for the oxidation of gaseous elemental mercury

Chemosphere

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1285-1289

  Byun, Youngchul ^a   Koh, Dong Jun ^a   Shin, Dong Nam ^a   Cho, Moohyun ^b   Namkung, Won ^b  

^a Research Institute of Industrial Science and Technology (RIST)   (South Korea)

^b Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Corona discharge; Elemental mercury; Polarity; Pulse

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ELECTRIC CORONA; MERCURY (METAL);

CORONA DISCHARGES; ELEMENTAL MERCURY; GASEOUS ELEMENTAL MERCURY; POLARITY; POLARITY EFFECT; PULSE; PULSED CORONA DISCHARGES; SPECIFIC ENERGY DENSITY;

OXIDATION;

MERCURY; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

CORONA; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OXIDATION; OXYGEN; POLARIZATION; POLLUTANT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENERGY YIELD; OXIDATION; POLARIZATION; PULSED CORONA DISCHARGE; REACTOR; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79960845697     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.05.044     Document Type: Article

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