VOC emission from alumina calcination stacks caused by thermal decomposition of organic additives

Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 626-631

  Jones, Lathe A ^a   Ott, Andreas ^a   Tardio, James ^a   Morrison, Paul ^a   Rosenberg, Steve ^b   Gunda, Martin ^b   Bhargava, Suresh K ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alumina; Bayer process; Benzene; Thermal decomposition; VOC emission

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; ALUMINA; BENZENE; DECOMPOSITION; PYROLYSIS; STYRENE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ADDITIVE PRECURSORS; BAYER PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE; LOWER TEMPERATURES; ORGANIC ADDITIVES; TEMPERATURE RANGE; VOC EMISSIONS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND (VOC);

CALCINATION;

EID: 84897110917     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22133437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2013.11.002     Document Type: Article

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