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An on-line system has been applied to measure mercury (Hg) speciation from a pilot combustion simulator and from an industrial scale Municipal Solid Waste Incineration (MSWI) plant in Göteborg, southwest Sweden. Under simulated waste incineration conditions, 60–80% Hg was found in its oxidized form Hg(II). At the MSWI plant, equipped with a modern flue gas cleaning system, Hg at concentrations about 10–15 μg m−3 was emitted to the atmosphere, of which 15–20% was Hg(II).
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Wang, J., Xiao, Z., Lindqvist, O. (1999). Mercury Speciation of MSWI Flue Gas on Pilot and Industrial Scales. In: Ebinghaus, R., Turner, R.R., de Lacerda, L.D., Vasiliev, O., Salomons, W. (eds) Mercury Contaminated Sites. Environmental Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03754-6_22
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