A review of rare earth elements and yttrium in coal ash: Content, modes of occurrences, combustion behavior, and extraction methods

B Fu, JC Hower, W Zhang, G Luo, H Hu… - Progress in Energy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rare earth elements and yttrium (REY) have attracted considerable attention over the last
decade because of their vital roles in clean energy, consumer product, national defense and …

Status of Flue Gas Desulphurisation (FGD) systems from coal-fired power plants: Overview of the physic-chemical control processes of wet limestone FGDs

P Córdoba - Fuel, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper presents a general review of the Flue Gas Desulphurisation (FGD) technologies
used to abate sulphur emissions from coal-fired power plants, and exposes the major physic …

Review of arsenic behavior during coal combustion: Volatilization, transformation, emission and removal technologies

C Wang, H Liu, Y Zhang, C Zou, EJ Anthony - Progress in Energy and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Growing public awareness of the environmental impact of coal combustion has raised
serious concerns about the various hazardous trace elements produced by coal firing …

Abundances and distribution of minerals and elements in high-alumina coal fly ash from the Jungar Power Plant, Inner Mongolia, China

S Dai, L Zhao, S Peng, CL Chou, X Wang… - International Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
The fly ash from the Jungar Power Plant, Inner Mongolia, China, is unique because it is
highly enriched in alumina (Al2O3> 50%). The fly ash mainly consists of amorphous glass …

Balancing economic growth and environmental protection: A sustainable approach to Malaysia's rare-earth industry

ES Aziman, AF Ismail, MA Rahmat - Resources Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
The rapid advancement of technology has highlighted the importance of rare earth elements
(REE) for achieving sustainability. However, despite their potential, there are several …

A review of key hazardous trace elements in Chinese coals: abundance, occurrence, behavior during coal combustion and their environmental impacts

HZ Tian, L Lu, JM Hao, JJ Gao, K Cheng, KY Liu… - Energy & …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Hazardous trace elements (HTEs) can be released into the environment during coal
utilization and lead to a high concentration of HTEs in the environment, especially the …

Emission characteristic and transformation mechanism of hazardous trace elements in a coal-fired power plant

S Zhao, Y Duan, Y Li, M Liu, J Lu, Y Ding, X Gu, J Tao… - Fuel, 2018 - Elsevier
Coal-fired power plant is considered to be main anthropogenic emitter for emission of
hazardous trace elements (HTEs), which can cause great damage on environment and …

Environmental impact of a coal combustion-desulphurisation plant: Abatement capacity of desulphurisation process and environmental characterisation of combustion …

E Álvarez-Ayuso, X Querol, A Tomás - Chemosphere, 2006 - Elsevier
The fate of trace elements in a combustion power plant equipped with a wet limestone flue
gas desulphurisation (FGD) installation was studied in order to evaluate its emission …

An overview of metals recovery from thermal power plant solid wastes

AS Meawad, DY Bo**ova, YG Pelovski - Waste management, 2010 - Elsevier
Thermal power plants (TPPs) that burn fossil fuels emit several pollutants linked to the
environmental problems of acid rain, urban ozone, and the possibility of global climate …

Anthropogenic atmospheric nickel emissions and its distribution characteristics in China

HZ Tian, L Lu, K Cheng, JM Hao, D Zhao… - Science of the Total …, 2012 - Elsevier
Nickel and its compounds are considered as potential human carcinogens, and atmospheric
nickel is one of the major routes for human exposure. By applying the best available fuel …