Mercury removal by bio-char based modified activated carbons

Fuel

Volumn 103, Issue , 2013, Pages 570-578

  De, Mahuya ^a   Azargohar, Ramin ^b   Dalai, Ajay K ^b   Shewchuk, Stanley R ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c SASKATCHEWAN RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Bio char; Halide; Impregnation; Mercury

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SITE; AMMONIUM HALIDES; ASH CONTENTS; BIO-CHAR; CARBON CONTENT; COMMERCIAL ACTIVATED CARBONS; ELEMENTAL MERCURY; FAST PYROLYSIS; FIELD TEST; GASEOUS PHASE; HALIDE; HALIDE IONS; IMPREGNATED ACTIVATED CARBON; IMPREGNATING AGENTS; LOADING CONCENTRATION; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY REMOVAL; MODIFIED ACTIVATED CARBONS; NITROGEN FLOW; PILOT SCALE; POROUS STRUCTURES; POTASSIUM HALIDES; PROCESS TEMPERATURE; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; STEAM ACTIVATION; UNIMPREGNATED;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CHEMISORPTION; FLUE GASES; IMPREGNATION; MERCURY (METAL); PHYSISORPTION; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

EID: 84870494299     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2012.08.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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