Application of coal fly ash in air quality management

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 47, 2012, Pages 15299-15314

  Ahmaruzzaman, M ^a   Gupta, V K ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY SILCHAR   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^c KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANTS; COAL FLY ASH; CONTROLLED CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GASEOUS POLLUTANTS; LITERATURE DATA; ORGANICS; PILOT PLANT SCALE; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; REMOVAL CAPACITY; REMOVAL OF NO; RESEARCH NEEDS;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; FOG; MERCURY (METAL); PILOT PLANTS; REMOVAL; SORPTION;

FLY ASH;

EID: 84870423033     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie301336m     Document Type: Review

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