On the basis of the fundamental results obtained in our laboratory and the informations from the industrial fields, the catalytic and non-catalytic reduction of NO
x in dirty gas containing SO
x and dusts with NH
3 were summarized.
In the catalytic process, the first difficult point is that some kinds of dusts (for example, vanadium, etc.) stick on the surface to block the entrance of pores and decay the activity of the catalyst as wollas the chemical changes of supporting material or main catalyst with SO
x. The second point is that the unreacted NH
3 and SO
x react with H
2O and O
2 to form (NH
4) HSO
4 in the lower temperature-parts after the flue gas passed the high temperature-reactor, and that the accumulation of these crystalized solids bring the pressure drop and the corrosion of materials of apparatus. This is the same with in the non-catalytic process.
However, Fe
2 (SO
4)
3-(αFe
2O
3)-MoO
3 (WO
3)-TiO
2, V
2O
5-MoO
3 (WO
3)-TiO
2 catalysts etc. in many catalysts studied up to date are considerably endurable for SO
x and dusts, active and selective for the reduction of NO
x. The relationships between the operation conditions and the fractional NO
x-removal over these catalysts were described.
On the other hand, in the non-catalytic process, the decay of the catalyst due to SO
x and dusts becomes independent, but for the purpose of obtaining the higher fractional NO
x-removal, the extremely high temperature of the neighborhood of 1000°C, the long residence time more than ca. 1-2sec and the excess NH
3 are required. The effects of these operation conditions and the addition of H
2, etc. on the fractional NO
x-removal were described.
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