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The main mechanisms of transformation of mercury compounds in coal combustion products in the region of high temperatures have been analyzed. A kinetic model of the process of gas-phase oxidation of metal mercury vapors is proposed. The features of the behavior of the investigated compounds in systems of cleaning combustion products from harmful impurities have been considered.
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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 78, No. 4, pp. 43–50, July–August, 2005.
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Gerasimov, G.Y. Investigation of the Behavior of Mercury Compounds in Coal Combustion Products. J Eng Phys Thermophys 78, 668–676 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10891-005-0112-8
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