Biomass Co-firing -New challenge for electrostatic precipitators-

International Journal of Plasma Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 161-167

  Jaworek, A ^a,c   Jedrusik, M ^b   Swierczok, A ^b   Czech, T ^c   Sobczyk, A T ^c   Lackowski, M ^c  

^a POMERANIAN UNIVERSITY IN S UPSK   (Poland)

^b WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biomass; Co firing; Electrostatic precipitator; Gas cleaning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863857728     PISSN: 18818692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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