Differential partitioning and speciation of Hg in wet FGD facilities of two Spanish PCC power plants

Chemosphere

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 565-570

  Ochoa Gonzalez R ^a   Cordoba P ^b   Diaz Somoano M ^a   Font, O ^b   Lopez Anton M A ^a   Leiva, C ^c   Martinez Tarazona M R ^a   Querol, X ^b   Fernandez Pereira C ^c   Tomas A ^d   Gomez P ^d   Mesado, P ^d  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DEL CARBÓN   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^d Endesa SA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mercury partitioning; Removal; Speciation; Wet FGD

Indexed keywords

COAL; COAL COMBUSTION; ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; GAS PLANTS; LIME; PULVERIZED FUEL; REMOVAL; SCRUBBERS; WASTE INCINERATION;

COMBUSTION PRO-CESS; DIFFERENTIAL PARTITIONING; FLUE GAS DESULPHURISATION; OPERATING CONDITION; PULVERISED COAL COMBUSTIONS; SCRUBBER SOLUTIONS; SPECIATION; WET FGD;

MERCURY (METAL);

CALCIUM SULFATE; LIMESTONE; MERCURY;

COAL; COMBUSTION; GYPSUM; ION; LIMESTONE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OXIDATION; PARTITIONING; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POWER PLANT; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DESULFURIZATION; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; FLUE GAS; GAS; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; LIQUID; OXIDATION; SAMPLING; SPAIN; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

SPAIN;

EID: 80055072946     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.06.081     Document Type: Article

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