Influence of mercury and chlorine content of coal on mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants in China

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 6385-6392

  Zhang, Lei ^a   Wang, Shuxiao ^a   Meng, Yang ^a   Hao, Jiming ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DEVICES; BEST ESTIMATES; CHLORINE CONTENT; COAL QUALITY; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DETERMINISTIC MODELS; EMISSION FACTOR MODEL; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; MERCURY CONTENT; MERCURY EMISSIONS; MERCURY REMOVAL; ON-SITE MEASUREMENT; SUBMODELS;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT; CHLORINE; COAL; COAL COMBUSTION; COAL FUELED FURNACES; ESTIMATION; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

MERCURY (METAL);

CHLORINE; COAL; MERCURY;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHLORINE; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; COMBUSTION; DATABASE; MERCURY (ELEMENT);

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEVICES; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; POLLUTION CONTROL; STATISTICAL MODEL; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHINA; CHLORINE; COAL; GEOGRAPHY; MERCURY; POWER PLANTS;

CHINA;

EID: 84861872992     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es300286n     Document Type: Article

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