Influence of an aluminium additive in aqueous and solid speciation of elements in flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) system

Energy

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 438-444

  Córdoba, Patricia ^a   Ayora, Carlos ^a   Moreno, Natalia ^a   Font, Oriol ^a   Izquierdo, Maria ^a,b   Querol, Xavier ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FGD; Gypsum slurry; Leachates; Modelling tools

Indexed keywords

COAL; DESULFURIZATION; FLUE GASES; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; GYPSUM; HEAVY METALS; SLURRIES; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AQUEOUS PHASE; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; FGD; FLUE GAS DESULPHURISATION; GYPSUM WASTE; LEACHATES; MODELLING TOOLS; SOLID PHASIS; SULPHATES; TRAPPING EFFICIENCIES;

ALUMINUM;

ACIDIFICATION; ALUMINUM; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GYPSUM; HEAVY METAL; LEACHATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTITIONING; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SLURRY; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

SPAIN;

EID: 84873265366     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2012.11.020     Document Type: Article

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