Unusual speciation and retention of Hg at a coal-fired power plant

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 7890-7897

  Córdoba, Patricia ^a   Maroto Valer, M ^b   Ayora, Carlos ^a   Perry, Ron ^b   Rallo, Manuela ^b   Font, Oriol ^a   Izquierdo, Maria ^a,c   Querol, Xavier ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS PHASE; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; FGD GYPSUM; FLUE GAS DESULFURIZATION; FORCED OXIDATION; GASEOUS STREAMS; WATER RECIRCULATION;

COAL; DESULFURIZATION; ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS; FLUE GASES; GYPSUM; MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS;

ALUMINUM; MERCURY; WATER;

COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; EMISSION CONTROL; EVAPORATION; GAS FLOW; GYPSUM; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; OXIDATION; RECIRCULATING SYSTEM; SLURRY; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

ADDITION REACTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; COAL POWER; DESULFURIZATION; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; EVAPORATION; EXHAUST GAS; OXIDATION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM SULFATE; COAL; GASES; MERCURY; PHASE TRANSITION; POWER PLANTS; SULFUR; TEMPERATURE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

SPAIN;

EID: 84863964078     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es301106x     Document Type: Article

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