Measurements of mercury speciation and fine particle size distribution on combustion of China coal seams

Fuel

Volumn 104, Issue , 2013, Pages 732-738

  Zhang, Lei ^a   Daukoru, Michael ^b   Torkamani, Sarah ^b   Wang, Shuxiao ^a   Hao, Jiming ^a   Biswas, Pratim ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bench scale measurements; Fine particle formation; Mercury speciation; Oxy coal combustion

Indexed keywords

AIR COMBUSTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DEVICES; CHLORINE CONCENTRATION; COAL FEED; COAL POWDER; COAL SEAMS; DROP TUBE FURNACES; FEED COALS; FINE PARTICLES; FINER PARTICLES; FORMATION PROCESS; GASEOUS PHASE; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY SPECIATIONS; MERCURY SPECIES; MINERAL COMPOSITION; PARTICLE COAGULATION;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT; CHLORINE; COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; FLUE GASES; MERCURY (METAL); PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; REACTION KINETICS;

COAL COMBUSTION;

EID: 84870413422     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2012.06.069     Document Type: Article

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