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Fossil-fuel combustion is the major anthropogenic emission source of mercury. In China, a coal-fired power plant is the most common method of producing electric energy. Numerous studies have been conducted to research the characteristics of mercury emissions from the coal-fired power plants in China. Many factors, such as the amount and type of coal, the manner of combustion, the conventional pollutant-control devices, will affect the mercury emission for its special physical-chemical characteristics. In order to study the mercury sampling and measurement in coal-fired electric power plants in China, 6 sets of typical coal-fired boiler systems were chosen. The basic conditions of these boiler systems are shown in Table 2.1.
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Zhou, J., Luo, Z., Zhu, Y., Fang, M. (2013). Mercury Sampling and Measurement in Coal-Fired Power Plants. In: Mercury Emission and its Control in Chinese Coal-Fired Power Plants. Advanced Topics in Science and Technology in China. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37874-4_2
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