Status of Flue Gas Desulphurisation (FGD) systems from coal-fired power plants: Overview of the physic-chemical control processes of wet limestone FGDs

Fuel

Volumn 144, Issue , 2015, Pages 274-286

  Córdoba, Patricia ^a,b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

Author keywords

FGD gypsum; Flue Gas Desulphurisation (FGD); Outgoing FGD (OUT FGD) gas; Pulverised Coal Combustion (PCC); Trace elements

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL; COAL FUELED FURNACES; DESULFURIZATION; FLUE GASES; FLUES; FLY ASH; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GAS PLANTS; GASES; GYPSUM; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; LIMESTONE; POLLUTION; PROCESS CONTROL; PULVERIZED FUEL; SCRUBBERS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER FILTRATION; WATER POLLUTION;

CHEMICAL CONTROL PROCESS; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; CONTROL PARAMETERS; FGD GYPSUM; FLUE GAS DESULPHURISATION; OXYFUEL COMBUSTION; PARTICULATE CONTROL; PULVERISED COAL COMBUSTIONS;

COAL COMBUSTION;

EID: 84920144140     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2014.12.065     Document Type: Review

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