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Experimental Study on NOx Reduction in Oxy-fuel Combustion Using Synthetic Coals with Pyridinic or Pyrrolic Nitrogen
- Source :
- Applied Sciences, Vol 8, Iss 12, p 2499 (2018), Applied Sciences, Volume 8, Issue 12
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2018.
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Abstract
- Oxy-fuel combustion technology can capture carbon dioxide (CO2) in the large-scale and greatly lower nitrogen oxides (NOx) emission in coal-fired power plants. However, the influence of inherent minerals on NOx reduction still remains unclear and the impact of oxy-fuel combustion on the transformation of different nitrogen functional groups has yet to be fully understood. The present work aims to obtain a further understanding of the NOx reduction during oxy-fuel combustion using synthetic coals with pyrrolic or pyridinic nitrogen. Compared to pyridinic nitrogen, more of the pyrrolic nitrogen in synthetic coal was converted to NOx. The conversion ratio of nitric oxide (NO) first increased significantly with the rising oxygen content and then trended to an asymptotically constant as the oxygen (O2) content varied between 10&ndash<br />50%. The nitrogen dioxide (NO2) formation was roughly proportional to the oxygen content. The NO2 conversion was increased with particle size but the case of NO showed a non-monotonic variation. The catalytic effects of sodium carbonate (Na2CO3), calcium carbonate (CaCO3), and ferric oxide (Fe2O3) on the transformation of pyridinic nitrogen to NO were independent of the combustion atmosphere, while the alteration from air to the oxy-fuel combustion led to a change of mineral catalytic effect on the oxidation of pyrrolic nitrogen within the coal matrix.
- Subjects :
- 020209 energy
Inorganic chemistry
Oxide
chemistry.chemical_element
02 engineering and technology
Combustion
Oxygen
oxy-fuel combustion
mineral effect
lcsh:Technology
lcsh:Chemistry
chemistry.chemical_compound
0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
General Materials Science
Coal
Nitrogen dioxide
NOx reduction
Instrumentation
lcsh:QH301-705.5
NOx
synthetic coal
Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
business.industry
lcsh:T
Process Chemistry and Technology
General Engineering
respiratory system
Nitrogen
lcsh:QC1-999
Computer Science Applications
chemistry
lcsh:Biology (General)
lcsh:QD1-999
lcsh:TA1-2040
Carbon dioxide
pyrrolic nitrogen
business
lcsh:Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
pyridinic nitrogen
lcsh:Physics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20763417
- Volume :
- 8
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Applied Sciences
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....403c3b56b30772d540ec4f250ec8da30