Gas-phase elemental mercury removal from flue gas by cobalt-modified fly ash at low temperatures

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 35, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 2870-2877

  Xu, Yalin ^a   Zhong, Qin ^a   Xing, Lili ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

FA; mercury

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FLY ASH; OXIDATION; PACKED BEDS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ADSORPTION MECHANISM; BRUNAUER EMMETT TELLERS; FA; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROGRAPHS; WET IMPREGNATION METHOD; X RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRY; XPS CHARACTERIZATION;

MERCURY (METAL);

ADSORBENT; COBALT; MERCURIC OXIDE; MERCURY; OXYGEN; AIR POLLUTANT; FLY ASH; GAS; OXIDE;

AGGLOMERATION; BIOREACTOR; COBALT; FLY ASH; LOW TEMPERATURE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; FLUE GAS; FLY ASH; GAS; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; PACKED BED REACTOR; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ADSORPTION; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; TEMPERATURE;

ADSORPTION; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; COAL ASH; COBALT; GASES; MERCURY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84906781470     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2014.924569     Document Type: Article

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