Behavior study of trace elements in pulverized lignite, bottom ash, and fly ash of Amyntaio power station, Greece

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 6071-6076

  Megalovasilis, Pavlos ^a   Papastergios, Georgios ^b   Filippidis, Anestis ^b  

^a IONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Amyntaio; Bottom ash; Environment; Fly ash; Pulverized lignite; Trace element

Indexed keywords

AMYNTAIO; BEHAVIOR STUDIES; BOTTOM ASH; COAL FIELDS; ENVIRONMENT; INORGANIC AFFINITY; ORGANIC AFFINITY; POWER STATION;

ASH HANDLING; ASHES; COAL DEPOSITS; FLY ASH; LEAD; POWER PLANTS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

LIGNITE;

BARIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; LEAD; LIGNITE; NICKEL; NIOBIUM; RUBIDIUM; SCANDIUM; STRONTIUM; THORIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM; VANADIUM; YTTRIUM; ZINC; ZIRCONIUM;

BOTTOM ASH; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLY ASH; LIGNITE; PULVERIZED FUEL ASH; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; ASH; BOTTOM ASH; COAL POWER; COMBUSTION; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; FLY ASH; GREECE; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

COAL; COAL ASH; GREECE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; POWER PLANTS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

GREECE;

EID: 84878681513     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-3007-0     Document Type: Article

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