Study of Urea Based Selective Non-Catalytic Reduction of NOx in Small Scale Comburtion

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Selective Non-Catalytic Reduction (SNCR) of nitric oxide was studied experimentally by injecting different concentrations of aqueous urea solution in a pilot-scale diesel fired tunnel furnace at 3-4 % excess oxygen level and with low ppm of baseline NOx ranged from 65 to 75 ppm within the investigated temperature range. The furnace simulated small-scale combustion systems such as low capacity boilers, hot water heaters, oil heaters, etc., where the operating temperatures are usually in the range of about 973 to 1323 K and NOx emission level remains below 100 ppm. In order to investigate the influence of additive on reduction characteristics, different concentrations of commercial grade sodium carbonate (Na2CO3) were added to urea solution. The significant aspects of the studies are that it employed commercial grade urea as NOx reducing agent and commercial grade Na2CO3 as additive to urea solution to minimize the cost of the SNCR operation. NOx reductions were studied with the variatio

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