Control strategies of atmospheric mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants in China

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 576-586

  Tian, Hezhong ^a   Wang, Yan ^a,b   Cheng, Ke ^a   Qu, Yiping ^a   Hao, Jiming ^c   Xue, Zhigang ^d   Chai, Fahe ^d  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COAL; COAL FIRED BOILERS; COAL FUELED FURNACES; COAL TRANSPORTATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM INTERCONNECTION; ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS; GAS EMISSIONS; GAS PLANTS; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; MERCURY (METAL); MINING; NITROGEN OXIDES; NITROGEN REMOVAL; SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION; SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ANTHROPOGENIC DISCHARGE; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; LONG-DISTANCE TRANSPORT; REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTS; REGULATIONS AND POLICY; SELECTIVE NON-CATALYTIC REDUCTION; WET FLUE GAS DESULFURIZATION;

FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS;

COAL; MERCURY; NITROGEN OXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; BOILER; CHINA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DESULFURIZATION; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH HAZARD; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHINA; COAL; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; MERCURY; POWER PLANTS;

EID: 84863603903     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10962247.2012.663733     Document Type: Article

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