Silver impregnated carbon for adsorption and desorption of elemental mercury vapors

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1578-1584

  Karatza, Despina ^a   Prisciandaro, Marina ^b   Lancia, Amedeo ^a   Musmarra, Dino ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Carbon; Desorption; Mercury; MSW incinerators; Silver nitrate

Indexed keywords

ADSORBENT MATERIALS; ADSORBING MATERIALS; ADSORPTION PHENOMENA; BED TEMPERATURE; BREAK THROUGH CURVE; ELEMENTAL MERCURY; ELEMENTAL MERCURY VAPOR; FIXED BED; GAS-SOLID EQUILIBRIUMS; HEAT OF ADSORPTION; IMPREGNATED CARBONS; LABORATORY SCALE; LANGMUIR PARAMETERS; MATERIAL BALANCE; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; MSW INCINERATORS; NITROGEN GAS; SILVER NITRATE; SILVER NITRATES; VAPOR ADSORPTION;

ACTIVATED CARBON; CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS; CURVE FITTING; DESORPTION; FLUE GASES; MERCURY (METAL); NITROGEN; SILVER; SILVER ALLOYS; VAPORS;

GAS ADSORPTION;

CARBON; MERCURY; SILVER NITRATE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; BREAKTHROUGH CURVE; DESORPTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ISOTHERM; LABORATORY METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; SILVER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GAS; KINETICS; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; VOLATILIZATION;

ADSORPTION; CARBON; GASES; KINETICS; MERCURY; SILVER NITRATE; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 80052732882     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(10)60528-1     Document Type: Article

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