THERMODYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF THE BEHAVIOR
OF MICROIMPURITIES OF TOXIC METALS IN COAL
COMBUSTION PRODUCTS

G. Ya. Gerasimov

UDC 662.21

The thermodynamic approach to the description of the fuel-oxidizer 
system is used to elucidate the basic laws of behavior of compounds 
of the most toxic elements-microimpurities in combustion products 
of coal (Hg, Pb, Cr, Mn, Ni, Co, and As). It has been shown that the 
distribution of elements over components of the gas and condensed 
phases strongly depends on the process temperature and the composition 
of the mineral part of the coal.

Institute of Mechanics at M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 
1 Michurinskii Ave., Moscow, 119192, Russia; email: gerasimov@imec.msu.ru. 
Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 77, No. 1, pp. 
28-32, January-February, 2004. Original article submitted February 3, 2003.