Effect of SCR operation variables on mercury speciation

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 198-199, Issue , 2012, Pages 87-94

  Rallo, Manuela ^a   Heidel, Barna ^b   Brechtel, Kevin ^b   Maroto Valer, M Mercedes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ash; Coal combustion; Mercury speciation; SCR; SO2 oxidation

Indexed keywords

ACID LOADING; ACTIVE SITE; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DEVICES; ASH SAMPLES; CATALYST PERFORMANCE; COAL COMBUSTION FLUE GAS; DOSING RATES; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRY; HIGH LOADINGS; MERCURY CONTENT; MERCURY OXIDATIONS; MERCURY SPECIATIONS; MICRO-REACTOR; OPERATION VARIABLES; OPTIMAL TEMPERATURE; OXIDATION RATES; PILOT SCALE; SIDE REACTIONS; TEST PROGRAMME; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT; AMMONIA; ASHES; CATALYST ACTIVITY; COAL COMBUSTION; DECOMPOSITION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; LOADING; OPTIMIZATION; OXIDATION; SULFUR DIOXIDE; THYRISTORS;

MERCURY (METAL);

EID: 84864306053     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.05.080     Document Type: Article

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