Fly ash from coal combustion - An environmental source of organic compounds

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue , 2014, Pages 103-110

  Ribeiro, J ^a   Silva, T F ^b   Mendonca Filho J G ^b   Flores, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACENE; ANTHRACITE; COAL ASH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLY ASH; LAND FILL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; SULFUR DETERMINATION; THERMOELECTRIC POWER PLANTS;

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS; GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; HUMAN HEALTH PROBLEMS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

COAL COMBUSTION;

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; ANTHRACITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COAL; COAL RANK; COMBUSTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FLY ASH; GEOCHEMISTRY; LANDFILL; LEACHING; PAH; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POWER GENERATION; POWER PLANT; SULFUR; THERMAL POWER; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 84898794076     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: 18729134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2013.06.014     Document Type: Article

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