Adsorptive removal of gas-phase mercury by oxygen non-thermal plasma modified activated carbon

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 294, Issue , 2016, Pages 281-289

  Zhang, Jun ^a,b   Duan, Yufeng ^a   Zhou, Qiang ^a   Zhu, Chun ^a   She, Min ^a   Ding, Weike ^a  

^a Southeast University   (China)

^b HUAIBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption kinetics; Elemental mercury; Mercury removal; Non thermal plasma

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OXYGEN; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ELEMENTAL MERCURY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROMETER; MERCURY REMOVAL; MODIFIED ACTIVATED CARBONS; NON-THERMAL PLASMA TREATMENT; NONTHERMAL PLASMA; SURFACE OXYGEN-CONTAINING GROUPS;

ADSORPTION;

EID: 84960124700     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2016.02.002     Document Type: Article

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