Mercury speciation in a coal-fired power plant plume: An aircraft-based study of emissions from the 3640 MW Nanticoke Generating Station, Ontario, Canada

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 4919-4935

  Deeds, Daniel A ^a   Banic, Catharine M ^b   Lu, Julia ^b,c   Daggupaty, Sreerama ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Great Lakes; mercury loading; mercury speciation; plume chemistry

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; COAL; COAL FUELED FURNACES; FIRE TUBE BOILERS; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; LOADING;

COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH; GASEOUS OXIDIZED MERCURIES; GREAT LAKES; MERCURY LOADINGS; MERCURY MEASUREMENTS; MERCURY SPECIATIONS; RESEARCH INITIATIVES;

MERCURY (METAL);

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; DILUTION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); RESEARCH; SAMPLING;

CANADA; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 84881149258     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50349     Document Type: Article

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