Mercury Emissions from Geothermal Power Plants
- 3 June 1977
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 196 (4294) , 1094-1097
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.860131
Abstract
Geothermal steam used for power production contains significant quantities of volatile mercury. Much of this mercury escapes to the atmosphere as elemental mercury vapor in cooling tower exhausts. Mercury emissions from geothermal power plants, on a per megawatt (electric) basis, are comparable to releases from coal-fired power plants.Keywords
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