Process Optimization Guidance (POG and iPOG) for mercury emissions control

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 4624-4634

  Krishnakumar, Balaji ^a   Niksa, Stephen ^a   Sloss, Lesley ^b   Jozewicz, Wojciech ^c   Futsaeter, Gunnar ^d  

^a Niksa Energy Associates   (United States)

^b International Energy Agency   (United Kingdom)

^c ARCADIS   (United States)

^d United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON INJECTION; CLEANING SYSTEM; COAL CHARACTERISTICS; COAL QUALITY; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES; CONTROL STRATEGIES; DESIGN SPECIFICATION; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECONOMIES IN TRANSITION; EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; EMISSIONS CONTROL; EXECUTION TIME; EXPERT ANALYSIS; FIELD TEST; FLUE GAS CLEANING; FUEL SWITCHING; GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS; HALOGEN ADDITION; INPUT DATAS; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; MERCURY CONTROL; MERCURY EMISSIONS; OXIDATION TECHNOLOGY; PLANT DESIGNS; PLANT OPERATIONS; POLICY MAKERS; REACTION MECHANISM; SCR CATALYSTS; STATISTICAL REGRESSION;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; BLENDING; DECISION TREES; FLUE GASES; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; INPUT OUTPUT PROGRAMS; MERCURY (METAL); OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS CONTROL; SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COAL;

EID: 84865126821     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef2018397     Document Type: Conference Paper

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