Mercury vapor pressure of flue gas desulfurization scrubber suspensions: Effects of pH level, gypsum, and iron

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 3008-3013

  Schuetze, Jan ^a   Kunth, Daniel ^a   Weissbach, Sven ^a   Koeser, Heinz ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REDUCTION; CO-REMOVAL; CONTROLLED LABORATORIES; FLUE-GAS DESULFURIZATION; MERCURY CAPTURE; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY HALIDES; MERCURY VAPOR PRESSURE; OXIDIZED MERCURY; PARTIAL VAPOR PRESSURE; PH LEVELS; PH VALUE; RE-EMISSION; VAPOR PHASE; WET SCRUBBING;

DESULFURIZATION; FLUE GASES; GYPSUM; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; IRON COMPOUNDS; MERCURY (METAL); PH EFFECTS; QUALITY CONTROL; SULFUR DIOXIDE; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); VAPOR PRESSURE; VAPORS;

SCRUBBERS;

CALCIUM SULFATE; IRON; MERCURY;

ABSORPTION; GYPSUM; HALIDE; IRON; LABORATORY METHOD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OXIDATION; PH; REDUCTION; VAPOR PRESSURE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DESULFURIZATION; FLUE GAS; PH; SCRUBBER; VAPOR PRESSURE;

CALCIUM SULFATE; GASES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON; MERCURY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; SOLUBILITY; SOLUTIONS; SULFUR; SUSPENSIONS; VAPOR PRESSURE;

EID: 84857870026     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es203605h     Document Type: Article

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