Influence of air pollution control devices on the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon distribution in flue gas from an ultralow-emission coal-fired power plant

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 9572-9579

  Li, Jingwei ^a   Li, Xiaodong ^a   Li, Min ^a   Lu, Shengyong ^a   Yan, Jianhua ^a   Xie, Weiyang ^b   Liu, Chunhong ^b   Qi, Zhifu ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Key Laboratory of Solar Energy Utilization and Energy Saving Technology of Zhejiang Province   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT; AIR PURIFICATION; COAL; COAL FUELED FURNACES; ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS; FLUE GASES; FLUES; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; GAS FUEL PURIFICATION; GASES; HYDROCARBON REFINING; MINERAL OILS; NAPHTHALENE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DEVICES; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); PURIFICATION EQUIPMENTS; TOTAL TOXIC EQUIVALENTS; ULTRALOW EMISSIONS; WET ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS; WET FLUE GAS DESULFURIZATION;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

EID: 85026196110     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.6b01381     Document Type: Article

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