Mercury adsorption of modified mulberry twig chars in a simulated flue gas

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 136, Issue , 2013, Pages 182-187

  Shu, Tong ^a   Lu, Ping ^a   He, Nan ^a  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Mercury; Mulberry twig char; Steam activation; Surface modification

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FLUE GASES; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; GAS ADSORPTION; IMPREGNATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); PORE STRUCTURE; QUARTZ; STEAM; SURFACE TREATMENT;

CHLORIDE CONTENTS; MERCURY ADSORPTION; MULBERRY TWIG CHAR; NITROGEN ADSORPTION; SIMULATED FLUE GAS; STEAM ACTIVATION; SURFACE FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; TEXTURAL CHARACTERISTIC;

MERCURY (METAL);

CHLORIDE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MERCURY; NITROGEN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ZINC CHLORIDE;

ADSORPTION; CHLORIDE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HERB; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NITROGEN OXIDES; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHLORIDE IMPREGNATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUE GAS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MULBERRY; MULBERRY TWIG CHARS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; SIMULATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER VAPOR;

MORUS (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 84876304057     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.02.087     Document Type: Article

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