Design of sulfur treated activated carbon fibers for gas phase elemental mercury removal

Fuel

Volumn 116, Issue , 2014, Pages 560-565

  Yao, Yaxuan ^a   Velpari, Vedagiri ^b   Economy, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b PPG INDUSTRIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Activated carbon fibers; Mercury control; Sulfur treatments

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; ELEMENTAL MERCURY; MERCURY ADSORPTION; MERCURY CONTROL; OXIDATION PROCESS; POSSIBLE MECHANISMS; SULFUR TREATMENT; TREATED ACTIVATED CARBONS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; MERCURY (METAL); SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY;

SULFUR;

EID: 84884301404     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2013.08.063     Document Type: Article

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