Review of technologies for mercury removal from flue gas from cement production processes

Progress in Energy and Combustion Science

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 599-629

  Zheng, Yuanjing ^a,c   Jensen, Anker D ^a   Windelin, Christian ^b   Jensen, Flemming ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b FLSmidth AS   (Denmark)

^c DP Clean Tech Europe A/S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Cement kiln flue gas; Fabric filter; Mercury removal; Sorbent injection

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION MODEL; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; CEMENT KILN; CEMENT KILN DUSTS; CEMENT KILN SYSTEMS; CEMENT PRODUCTION; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FABRIC FILTERS; FIXED-BED REACTORS; GAS COMPOSITIONS; HIGH MOISTURE; IN-SITU; KILN DUST; MATERIAL CIRCULATION; MERCURY CHEMISTRY; MERCURY CONTROL; MERCURY EMISSIONS; MERCURY REMOVAL; MINERAL PRODUCTION; PARTICULATE CONTROL; PILOT SCALE; RECIRCULATIONS; RESIDENCE TIME; SOLID MATERIAL; SORBENT INJECTION; SORBENT PARTICLES; WASTE INCINERATOR;

ADSORPTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; CEMENT PLANTS; CEMENTS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COAL; DUST; FLUE GASES; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROTARY KILNS; SORBENTS; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY;

MERCURY (METAL);

EID: 84864955360     PISSN: 03601285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pecs.2012.05.001     Document Type: Review

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