Fate and abatement of mercury and other trace elements in a coal fluidised bed oxy combustion pilot plant

Fuel

Volumn 95, Issue , 2012, Pages 272-281

  Font, O ^a   Cordoba P ^a   Leiva, C ^b   Romeo, L M ^c   Bolea, I ^c   Guedea, I ^c   Moreno, N ^a   Querol, X ^a   Fernandez, C ^b   Diez L I ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abatement; Mercury; Oxy combustion; Speciation; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ASH LEACHATES; BAG FILTERS; BED MATERIALS; BOTTOM ASH; BUBBLING FLUIDIZED BED; CRYSTALLINE PHASIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; FLUIDISED BED; GAS TREATMENT; LEACHING POTENTIAL; LOW GAS TEMPERATURE; OXY-COMBUSTION; RECIRCULATIONS; SPECIATION;

ALKALINITY; ASH HANDLING; ASHES; CALCITE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CLAY MINERALS; COAL; COAL ASH; CONDENSATION; DUST ABATEMENT; FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; FLY ASH; GYPSUM; LEACHING; LIMESTONE; MERCURY (METAL); PILOT PLANTS; QUARTZ; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TIN; TRACE ELEMENTS;

COAL COMBUSTION;

EID: 84857038595     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2011.12.017     Document Type: Article

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