DeNOx experiments for the effects of hydrocarbon additives on diesel SNCR process were conducted under oxidizing diesel exhaust conditions. A diesel-fueled combustion system was set up to simulate the actual cylinder and head, exhaust pipe and combustion products, where the reducing agent NH3 and C2H6/diesel fuel additives were separately or simultaneously injected into the exhaust pipe, used as the SNCR flow reactor. A wide range of air/fuel ratios (A/F=20~40) were maintained, based on engine speeds where an initial NOx level was 530 ppm and the molar ratios (β=NH3/NOx) ranged between 1.0~2.0, together with adjusting the amounts of hydrocarbon additives. Temperature windows were normally formed in the range of 1200~1350K, which were shifted downwards by 50~100K with injecting C2H6/diesel fuel additives. About 50~68% NOx reduction was possible with the above molar ratios (β) at the optimum flow #1 (Tin=1260K). Injecting a small amount of C2H6 or diesel fuel (γ=hydrocarbon/NOx) gave the promising results, particularly in the lower exhaust temperatures, by contributing to the sufficient production of active radicals (OH/O/HO2/H) for NOx reduction. Unfortunately, the addition of hydrocarbons increased the concentrations of byproducts such as CO, UHC, N2O and NO2, and their emission levels are discussed. Among them, Injecting diesel fuel together with the primary reductant seems to be more encouraging for practical reason and could be suggested as an alternative SNCR DeNOx strategy under diesel exhaust systems, following further optimization of chemicals used for lower emission levels of byproducts.

런던협약에 따라 2012년부터 해양투기가 전면 금지 됨에 따라 가축사육과정에서 발생하는 가축분뇨 처리에 있어서 환경적, 경제적인 문제를 보완할 수 있는 효율적 처리기술이 필요하다. 최근 농가당 가축사육 머리수가 증가하고 있어 가축사육수는 급격하게 증가하며, 이로 인해 사육과정에서 발생되는 가축분뇨 발생량은 계속 증가할 전망이다. 가축분뇨는 가축사육 특성에 다라 저장･관리 방법에 따른 뇨와 분을 분리하여 발생하는 액상(Liquid Phase) 및 고상(Soild Phase)으로 구분되며, 분뇨가 세척수와 혼합된 상태로 발생하는 슬러리상(Slurry Phase)으로 구분하여 처리하고 있다. 처리하는 가축분뇨는 수분함량이 높은 경우 퇴비화 시 톱밥등의 수분조절재가 과다로 투입되어 경제성이 낮아지고, 수분함량이 낮은 경우에 액비화시 공정수의 추가 및 희석하는 공정을 별도로 설치해야 되는 경제적인 문제가 발생할 수 있다. 또한 환경공단 악취관리센터 보도자료(2016)에 의하면 2015년도 전국 악취 민원은 15,573건 발생하였으며, 이 중에 농축산시설의 악취민원수가 4,323건(28%)로 높은 비중을 차지하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 가축분뇨를 처리하기위해 환원제로 이용할 경우 실제 SNCR공정에서 상용되고 있는 환원제와 비교하여 NSR비에 따른 NOx의 특성을 알아보고자 하였다.

Diesel DeNOx experiments using the SNCR process were performed by directly injecting NH3 into a simulated engine cylinder (966 cm3) for which a diesel fuelled combustion-driven flow reactor was designed by simulating diesel engine geometry, temperature profiles, aerodynamics and combustion products. A wide range of air/fuel mixtures (A/F=20∼45) were combusted for oxidizing diesel flue gas conditions where an initial NOx levels were 250~900 ppm and molar ratios (β=NH3/NOx) ranged from 0.5∼2.0 for NOx reduction tests. Effective NOx reduction occurred over a temperature range of 1100∼1350 K at cylinder injections where about 34% NOx reduction was achieved with β=1.5 and cylinder cooling at optimum flow conditions. The effects of simulated engine cylinder and exhaust parts, initial NOx levels, molar ratios and engine speeds on NOx reduction potential are discussed following temperature gradients and diesel engine environments. A staged injection by NH3 and diesel fuel additive is tested for further NOx reduction, and more discussed for practical implication.

The objective of this research was to test whether, under controlled laboratory conditions, hybrid SNCR/SCR process improves NOx removal efficiency in comparison with the SNCR only. The hybrid process is a combination of a redesigned existing SNCR with a new downstream SCR. NOx reduction experiments using a hybrid SNCR/SCR process have been conducted in simple NO/NH3/O2 gas mixtures. Total gas flow rate was kept constant 4 liter/min throughout the SNCR and SCR reactors, where initial NOx concentration was 500 ppm in the presence of 5% or 15% O2. Commercial catalysts, V2O5-WO3-SO4/TiO2, were used for SCR NOx reduction. The residence time and space velocity were around 1.67 seconds and 2,400 h-1 or 6000 h-1 in SNCR and SCR reactors, respectively. NOx reduction of the hybrid system was always higher than could be achieved by SNCR alone at a given value of NH3SLIP. Optimization of the hybrid system performance requires maximizing NOx removal in the SNCR process. An analysis based on the hybrid system performance in this lab-scale work indicates that a equipment with NOxi=500 ppm will achieve a total NOx removal of about 90 percent with NH3SLIP ≤ 5 ppm only if the SNCR NOx reduction is at least 60 percent. A hybrid SNCR/SCR process has shown about 26～37% more NOx reduction than a SNCR unit process in which a lower temperature of 850℃ turned out to be more effective.

This paper have examined the optimum combination of SNCR and SCR by varying SNCR injection temperature and NSR ratio along with SCR space velocity. NOx reduction experiments using a SNCR/SCR combined process have been conducted in simple NO/NH3/O2 gas mixtures. Total gas flow rate was kept constant 4 liter/min throughout the SNCR and SCR reactors, where initial NOx concentration was 500 ppm in the presence of 5% O2. Commercial catalyst, sulfated V2O5-WO3/TiO2, was used for SCR NOx reduction. The residence time and space velocity were around 1.67 sec, 2,400 h-1 and 6,000 h-1 in the SNCR and SCR reactors, respectively. SNCR NOx reduction effectively occurred in a temperature window of 900～950℃. About 88% NOx reduction was achieved with an optimum temperature of 950℃ and NSR=1.5. SCR NOx reduction using commercial V2O5-WO3-SO4/TiO2 catalyst occurred in a temperature window of 200～450℃. 80～98% NOx reduction was possible with SV=2400 h-1 and a molar ratio of 1.0～2.0. A SNCR/SCR(SV=6000 h-1) combined process has shown same NOx reduction compared with a stand-alone SCR(SV=2400 h-1) unit process of 98% NOx reduction. The NH3-based chemical could routinely achieve SNCR/SCR combined process total NOx reductions of 98% with less than 5 ppm NH3 slip at NSR ranging from about 1.5 to 2.0, SNCR temperature of 900℃～950℃, and SCR space velocity of 6000 h-1. Particularly, more than 98% NOx reduction was possible using the combined process under the conditions of TSNCR=950℃, TSCR=350℃, 5% O2, SV=6000 h-1 and NH3/NOx=1.5. A catalyst volume was about three times reduced by SNCR/SCR combined process compared with SCR process under the same controlled conditions.

Selective catalytic reduction and selective non-catalytic reduction processes are mainly used to treat nitrogen oxidants generated from fossil-fuel combustion. Especially, the selective non-catalytic reduction process can be operated more economical and designed more simply than the selective catalytic reduction. For this reason, many researchers carried out to increase the removal efficiency of nitrogen oxidants in the condition of low oxygen concentration by using the selective non-catalytic reduction process. However, this study was flue gas contained high oxygen concentration of 20(v/v%) with ammonia as a reducing agent. Moreover, it carried out experiment with many factors that are reaction temperature, retention time, initial NO concentration, NSR(normalized stoichiometric ratio). It was determined optimal operating conditions to improve NO removal efficiency with SNCR process. The De-NOx efficiency was increasesd with NSR, initial NO concentration and retention time increasement. This study has NO removal efficiency over 80% in the high oxygen concentration as well as low oxygen concentration. The injection of reducing agent may be considered for SNCR process and facility operation in 850℃ of optimal condition.