Gas-phase oxidation of mercury by bromine and chlorine in flue gas

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3530-3536

  Van Otten, Brydger ^a   Buitrago, Paula A ^b   Senior, Constance L ^c   Silcox, Geoffrey D ^b  

^a REACTION ENGINEERING INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b University of Utah   (United States)

^c ADA Environmental Solutions   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION SYSTEMS; CONDITIONING SYSTEMS; CONTINUOUS EMISSION MONITORS; ELEMENTAL MERCURY; FLAME TEMPERATURES; GAS COMPOSITIONS; GAS PHASE OXIDATION; GAS-PHASE REACTIONS; GASPHASE; HOMOGENEOUS OXIDATION; MERCURY OXIDATIONS; MOLAR BASIS; OXIDIZED MERCURY; POST-COMBUSTION GAS; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; SPECIATED MERCURY;

BROMINE; CHLORINE; COMBUSTION; EXPERIMENTS; FLUE GASES; FUEL SYSTEMS; GASES; MERCURY (METAL); METHANE; PHASE INTERFACES; QUARTZ; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

OXIDATION;

EID: 80051927454     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef200840c     Document Type: Article

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