Heterogeneous oxidation of elemental mercury vapor over RuO2/rutile TiO2 catalyst for mercury emissions control

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

Volumn 207, Issue , 2017, Pages 143-152

  Liu, Zhouyang ^a   Sriram, Vishnu ^a   Lee, Joo Youp ^a  

^a University of Cincinnati   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal fired power plants; Flue gas; Mercury oxidation; Ruthenium oxide; Rutile titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; BITUMINOUS COAL; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CATALYSTS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COAL FUELED FURNACES; FLUE GASES; FLUES; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; GAS PLANTS; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; MINING; OXIDATION; OXIDE MINERALS; RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS; SCRUBBERS; SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM OXIDES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; ELEMENTAL MERCURY VAPOR; HETEROGENEOUS OXIDATION; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY OXIDATIONS; OXIDATION ACTIVITIES; OXIDATION CATALYSTS; RUTHENIUM OXIDE;

CATALYTIC OXIDATION;

EID: 85012903495     PISSN: 09263373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2017.02.021     Document Type: Article

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