PAH emissions from coal combustion and waste incineration

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 318, Issue , 2016, Pages 32-40

  Hsu, Wei Ting ^a   Liu, Mei Chen ^a   Hung, Pao Chen ^a   Chang, Shu Hao ^a   Chang, Moo Been ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Activated carbon adsorption; Catalytic filter; Coal fired power plant; Municipal waste incinerator; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; COAL; COAL ASH; COAL COMBUSTION; COAL FUELED FURNACES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FLY ASH; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; INCINERATION; MINING; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION;

ACTIVATED CARBON ADSORPTION; ACTIVATED CARBON INJECTION; CATALYTIC FILTER; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; INTENSIVE SAMPLING; MUNICIPAL WASTE INCINERATORS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION SYSTEMS;

WASTE INCINERATION;

ACTIVATED CARBON; COAL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; CATALYSIS; COAL; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FLY ASH; INCINERATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PAH;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; COAL POWER; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FILTER; FLY ASH; GAS; INCINERATION; REDUCTION; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84978139601     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2016.06.038     Document Type: Article

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