Biomass gasification chars for mercury capture from a simulated flue gas of coal combustion

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-28

  Fuente Cuesta, A ^a   Diaz Somoano, M ^a   Lopez Anton, M A ^a   Cieplik, M ^b   Fierro, J L G ^c   Martinez Tarazona M R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DEL CARBÓN   (Spain)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTO DE CATÁLISIS Y PETROLEOQUÍMICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biomass; Char; Coal combustion; Mercury

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ALUMINUM; CHLORINE; COAL; MERCURY; OXYGEN; PLASTIC;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ALUMINUM; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOMASS; CHARCOAL; CHLORINE; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; COMBUSTION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PLASTIC WASTE; POROSITY; SORPTION; STORAGE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOMASS GASIFICATION CHAR; COMBUSTION; FLUE GAS; METAL EXTRACTION; PAPER; POROSITY; WASTE;

EID: 84855467351     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.12.013     Document Type: Article

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