"Understanding the mechanisms of emissions of trace metals from solid fuel combustion systems and its control is of immense importance in the design and operation of thermal power plants and equipment for process industries. The book under review by Keith Schofield provides a comprehensive overview of this subject." --Current Science
"In the first part, the commonalities of the behaviour of various trace metals in combustion systems are discussed. It is in these six chapters lie the greatest strength of the book. The first part of the book is ideally suited as a text/reference for graduate level courses dealing with combustion and emissions.
The rest of the book contains a detailed discussion of the behaviour of a large number of trace metals in combustion processes. This part of the book will be a valuable source of information on the known aspects, open questions and ongoing studies. An exhaustive list of references including studies as recent as 2019 is included, making this book a ready reference for students as well as practising engineers.
Overall, the book is a welcome addition to the combustion literature." --CURRENT SCIENCE, VOL. 120, NO. 3, 10 FEBRUARY 2021
1. Introduction 2. Recent concepts 3. The generalities that now are apparent 4. The importance of temperature, interaction time and heterogeneous collision frequency constraints: fuel-rich or -lean differences 5. The nature of flame gases free of non-metallic content 6. The role of particles, ash or surfaces 7. Trace species reported combustion behavior and the chemistry within the modern framework of understanding 8. Summary and conclusions