Use of hollow cathode glow discharge technique in correlating spectral intensities of coal and coal ash

Author

Collett, W.L. ; Bell, B.K. ; Mahajan, S.M. ; Munukutla, S.S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Tennessee Technol. Univ., Cookeville, TN, USA

fYear

1997

fDate

9-11 Mar 1997

Firstpage

404

Lastpage

408

Abstract

A technique, utilizing emission spectroscopy, developed at Tennessee Tech (USA) to detect trace metals in thermal power plant coal ash has recently been extended to analyze coal prior to burning. Seven elements are of particular interest: arsenic; cadmium; lead; mercury; thallium; antimony; and selenium. The analysis of coal, as well as the corresponding coal ash, has been performed to develop a correlation between spectral intensities. This may lead to the prediction of toxic trace metal levels before a particular batch of coal is burned in a thermal power plant

Keywords

chemical variables measurement; coal; combustion; glow discharges; pollution control; spectra; steam power stations; coal ash; coal burning; emission spectroscopy; hollow cathode glow discharge technique; spectral intensities correlation; thermal power plant; toxic trace metal levels; Ash; Cadmium; Cathodes; Contamination; Copper; Glow discharges; Lead; Performance analysis; Power generation; Spectroscopy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

System Theory, 1997., Proceedings of the Twenty-Ninth Southeastern Symposium on

Conference_Location

Cookeville, TN

ISSN

0094-2898

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7873-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SSST.1997.581690

Filename

581690