Mass flows and characteristic of mercury emitted from coal-fired power plant equipped with seawater flue gas desulphurization

Table 1 Proximate and ultimate analyses, source and calorific value of coal samples during campaign A, B and C

	Boiler	Coal type	Hg (mg kg⁻¹)	Cl (mg kg⁻¹)	S (%)	Proximate analysis (W_ad%)				Lower heating value (MJ kg⁻¹)
	Boiler	Coal type	Hg (mg kg⁻¹)	Cl (mg kg⁻¹)	S (%)	M	A	V	FC	Lower heating value (MJ kg⁻¹)
A	I	Indonesian coal + Australian coal	0.046	95.7	0.50	4.08	11.4	33.7	50.8	28.3
	II	Indonesian coal + Australian coal	0.033	95.4	0.50	4.41	10.3	35.0	50.3	28.1
	III	Indonesian coal + Australian coal	0.041	101	0.51	6.73	8.76	35.4	49.1	27.4
	Average		0.040	97.4	0.5	5.07	10.1	34.7	50.1	28.0
B	I	Indonesian coal + Russian coal	0.055	45.2	0.60	4.07	10.8	28.2	56.9	28.7
	II	Indonesian coal + Australian coal	0.039	81.8	0.60	7.19	7.18	35.2	50.4	27.1
	III	Indonesian coal + Russian coal	0.057	42.2	0.59	6.71	8.44	33.2	51.7	27.4
	Average		0.050	56.4	0.6	5.99	8.8	32.2	53.0	27.7
C	I	Indonesian coal + Russian coal	0.043	41.3	0.52	3.82	10.9	33.5	51.7	28.9
	II	Australian coal	0.034	137	0.47	3.46	12.2	30.8	53.5	28.2
	III	Russian coal + Australian coal	0.031	51.6	0.51	4.66	12.4	32.2	50.7	27.6
	Average		0.036	76.6	0.50	3.98	11.8	32.2	52.0	28.2

M Moisture content, A Ash content, V Volatile content, FC Fixed carbon content, W_ad% air dried weight percentage

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