The mercury mass flow and emissions of coal-fired power plants in China

Zhongguo Huanjing Kexue/China Environmental Science

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2241-2250

  Hui, Mu Lin ^a,b   Zhang, Lei ^a,b   Wang, Zu Guang ^c   Wang, Shu Xiao ^a,b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b STATE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION KEY LABORATORY OF SOURCES AND CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION COMPLEX   (China)

^c NANJING INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Byproduct; Coal fired power plants; Emission; Material flow; Mercury

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT; BRICK; BYPRODUCTS; CEMENT INDUSTRY; COAL; COAL ASH; COAL FUELED FURNACES; COAL INDUSTRY; FLY ASH; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; MERCURY (METAL); MINING; NEUTRON EMISSION; SOIL CEMENT; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS); WASTE INCINERATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DEVICES; APPLICATION RATES; CEMENT PRODUCTION; COAL COMBUSTION BYPRODUCTS; COAL CONSUMPTION; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; GYPSUM WALLBOARDS; MATERIAL FLOW;

COAL COMBUSTION;

EID: 84940977150     PISSN: 10006923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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