Activated carbon treatment of municipal solid waste incineration flue gas

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 169-177

  Lu, Shengyong ^a   Ji, Ya ^a   Buekens, Alfons ^a   Ma, Zengyi ^a   Jin, Yuqi ^a   Li, Xiaodong ^a   Yan, Jianhua ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; adsorption; dioxins; Everaert Baeyens model; lignite cokes; municipal solid waste incineration; removal efficiency

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON INJECTION; ADSORPTION SITE; CONTACT TIME; DIOXINS; DIOXINS REMOVAL; ENTRAINED FLOW; FLY ASH CHARACTERISTICS; MERCURY EMISSIONS; MINERAL ADSORBENTS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SEMI-ANALYTICAL; SEMIEMPIRICAL MODELS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; FLUE GASES; FLY ASH; LIGNITE; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; WASTE INCINERATION;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; DIOXIN; LIGNITE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIOXIN; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FLY ASH; GRAIN SIZE; INCINERATION; LIGNITE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PORE SPACE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FLUE GAS; FLY ASH; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; TEMPERATURE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

ADSORPTION; CARBON; COAL ASH; DIOXINS; GASES; INCINERATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOLID WASTE;

EID: 84874074431     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X12462282     Document Type: Article

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