Removal of NOx from industrial flue gas by NaClO3 electrolyte
ZHANG Hao1,2,, DANG Xiaoqing1,,, YU Rui2, HUANG Jiayu2, ZHANG Fan2, ZHANG Yanping2, HE Xuejuan1,2 1.School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Xi′an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi′an 710055, China 2.Atmospheric Environment Institute, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
Abstract:The feasibility of the principle that controls industrial flue gas NOx emissions through NaClO3 electrolyte scrubbing is evaluated with a lab-scale scrubber. The effects of concentration of available chlorine concentration, pH, temperature as well as NO volume fraction on NOx removal efficiency was investigated. The NOx removal performance of NaClO3 electrolyte and the concentration changes of NaClO3 and available chlorine under different operating conditions were discussed. The results showed that NOx removal efficiency was improved by increasing the available chlorine, reducing the pH and the NO volume fraction, while solution temperature higher than 45 ℃ was not beneficial for NOx removal. When the available chlorine concentration was 2 000 mg·L?1 (pH 3.1, 25 ℃), the NOx removal efficiency reached 89.9%. In recirculating scrubbing mode, the NaClO3 electrolyte could maintain high denitrification efficiency within 420 min, and the removal efficiencies of NO and NOx maintained above 62.5% and 58.9%, respectively. Denitrification mainly consumed available chlorine in the electrolyte, and the accumulation of NaClO3 concentration had an insignificant effect on the NOx removal efficiency. Further analysis showed that the application of NaClO3 electrolyte on denitrification from industrial flue gas was feasible. The above results can provide a reference for the wet DeNOx from flue gas of non-electric industrial furnaces. Key words:denitrification/ NaClO3 electrolyte/ available chlorine/ industrial flue gas.
图1实验系统示意图 Figure1.Schematic diagram of the experimental system
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1.School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Xi′an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi′an 710055, China 2.Atmospheric Environment Institute, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China Received Date: 2020-03-17 Accepted Date: 2020-05-09 Available Online: 2021-01-13 Keywords:denitrification/ NaClO3 electrolyte/ available chlorine/ industrial flue gas Abstract:The feasibility of the principle that controls industrial flue gas NOx emissions through NaClO3 electrolyte scrubbing is evaluated with a lab-scale scrubber. The effects of concentration of available chlorine concentration, pH, temperature as well as NO volume fraction on NOx removal efficiency was investigated. The NOx removal performance of NaClO3 electrolyte and the concentration changes of NaClO3 and available chlorine under different operating conditions were discussed. The results showed that NOx removal efficiency was improved by increasing the available chlorine, reducing the pH and the NO volume fraction, while solution temperature higher than 45 ℃ was not beneficial for NOx removal. When the available chlorine concentration was 2 000 mg·L?1 (pH 3.1, 25 ℃), the NOx removal efficiency reached 89.9%. In recirculating scrubbing mode, the NaClO3 electrolyte could maintain high denitrification efficiency within 420 min, and the removal efficiencies of NO and NOx maintained above 62.5% and 58.9%, respectively. Denitrification mainly consumed available chlorine in the electrolyte, and the accumulation of NaClO3 concentration had an insignificant effect on the NOx removal efficiency. Further analysis showed that the application of NaClO3 electrolyte on denitrification from industrial flue gas was feasible. The above results can provide a reference for the wet DeNOx from flue gas of non-electric industrial furnaces.