Distribution of trace elements in feed coal and combustion residues from two coal-fired power plants at Huainan, Anhui, China

Fuel

Volumn 107, Issue , 2013, Pages 315-322

  Tang, Quan ^a,b,c   Liu, Guijian ^a,b,c   Zhou, Chuncai ^a,c   Sun, Ruoyu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bottom ash; Coal; Coal fired power plants; Fly ash; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ASH HANDLING; ASHES; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; COAL; COAL ASH; COAL FUELED FURNACES; COMBUSTION; ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FLY ASH; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; GYPSUM; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LEAD; MANGANESE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINING; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROMETRY; TITANIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS; WASTE INCINERATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ATOMIC FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; BOTTOM ASH; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; COMBUSTION RESIDUES; ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; INVERSE RELATIONSHIP; MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS;

COAL COMBUSTION;

EID: 84878372966     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2013.01.009     Document Type: Article

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